What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11521 and 11526?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11521 and 11526 is 1.

GCF(11521,11526) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11521 and 11526, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11521 and 11526.

How to find the GCF of 11521 and 11526?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11521 and 11526. After we will calculate the factors of 11521 and 11526 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11521

Prime factors of 11521 are 41, 281. Prime factorization of 11521 in exponential form is:

11521 = 41¹ × 281¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11526

Prime factors of 11526 are 2, 3, 17, 113. Prime factorization of 11526 in exponential form is:

11526 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 113¹

Step-3: Factors of 11521

List of positive integer factors of 11521 that divides 11521 without a remainder.

1, 41, 281

Step-4: Factors of 11526

List of positive integer factors of 11526 that divides 11521 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 102, 113, 226, 339, 678, 1921, 3842, 5763

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11521 and 11526. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11521 and 11526 is 1.

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