What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11502 and 11506?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11502 and 11506 is 2.

GCF(11502,11506) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11502 and 11506, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11502 and 11506.

How to find the GCF of 11502 and 11506?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11502 and 11506. After we will calculate the factors of 11502 and 11506 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11502

Prime factors of 11502 are 2, 3, 71. Prime factorization of 11502 in exponential form is:

11502 = 2¹ × 3⁴ × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11506

Prime factors of 11506 are 2, 11, 523. Prime factorization of 11506 in exponential form is:

11506 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 523¹

Step-3: Factors of 11502

List of positive integer factors of 11502 that divides 11502 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 71, 81, 142, 162, 213, 426, 639, 1278, 1917, 3834, 5751

Step-4: Factors of 11506

List of positive integer factors of 11506 that divides 11502 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 523, 1046, 5753

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11502 and 11506. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11502 and 11506 is 2.

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