What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11566 and 11580?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11566 and 11580 is 2.

GCF(11566,11580) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11566 and 11580, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11566 and 11580.

How to find the GCF of 11566 and 11580?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11566 and 11580. After we will calculate the factors of 11566 and 11580 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11566

Prime factors of 11566 are 2, 5783. Prime factorization of 11566 in exponential form is:

11566 = 2¹ × 5783¹

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 11566

List of positive integer factors of 11566 that divides 11566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5783

Step-4: Factors of 11580

List of positive integer factors of 11580 that divides 11566 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 11566 and 11580. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11566 and 11580 is 2.

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