What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11560 and 11580?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11560 and 11580 is 20.

GCF(11560,11580) = 20

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11560 and 11580, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11560 and 11580.

How to find the GCF of 11560 and 11580?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11560 and 11580. After we will calculate the factors of 11560 and 11580 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11560

Prime factors of 11560 are 2, 5, 17. Prime factorization of 11560 in exponential form is:

11560 = 2³ × 5¹ × 17²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11580

Prime factors of 11580 are 2, 3, 5, 193. Prime factorization of 11580 in exponential form is:

11580 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 193¹

Step-3: Factors of 11560

List of positive integer factors of 11560 that divides 11560 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 17, 20, 34, 40, 68, 85, 136, 170, 289, 340, 578, 680, 1156, 1445, 2312, 2890, 5780

Step-4: Factors of 11580

List of positive integer factors of 11580 that divides 11560 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60, 193, 386, 579, 772, 965, 1158, 1930, 2316, 2895, 3860, 5790

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11560 and 11580. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11560 and 11580 is 20.

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