What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11501 and 11508?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11501 and 11508 is 7.

GCF(11501,11508) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11501 and 11508, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11501 and 11508.

How to find the GCF of 11501 and 11508?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11501 and 11508. After we will calculate the factors of 11501 and 11508 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11501

Prime factors of 11501 are 7, 31, 53. Prime factorization of 11501 in exponential form is:

11501 = 7¹ × 31¹ × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11508

Prime factors of 11508 are 2, 3, 7, 137. Prime factorization of 11508 in exponential form is:

11508 = 2² × 3¹ × 7¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 11501

List of positive integer factors of 11501 that divides 11501 without a remainder.

1, 7, 31, 53, 217, 371, 1643

Step-4: Factors of 11508

List of positive integer factors of 11508 that divides 11501 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 21, 28, 42, 84, 137, 274, 411, 548, 822, 959, 1644, 1918, 2877, 3836, 5754

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11501 and 11508. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11501 and 11508 is 7.

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