What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11518 and 11528?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11518 and 11528 is 2.

GCF(11518,11528) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11518 and 11528, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11518 and 11528.

How to find the GCF of 11518 and 11528?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11518 and 11528. After we will calculate the factors of 11518 and 11528 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11518

Prime factors of 11518 are 2, 13, 443. Prime factorization of 11518 in exponential form is:

11518 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 443¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11528

Prime factors of 11528 are 2, 11, 131. Prime factorization of 11528 in exponential form is:

11528 = 2³ × 11¹ × 131¹

Step-3: Factors of 11518

List of positive integer factors of 11518 that divides 11518 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 443, 886, 5759

Step-4: Factors of 11528

List of positive integer factors of 11528 that divides 11518 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44, 88, 131, 262, 524, 1048, 1441, 2882, 5764

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11518 and 11528. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11518 and 11528 is 2.

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