What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11595 and 11600?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11595 and 11600 is 5.

GCF(11595,11600) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11595 and 11600, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11595 and 11600.

How to find the GCF of 11595 and 11600?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11595 and 11600. After we will calculate the factors of 11595 and 11600 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11595

Prime factors of 11595 are 3, 5, 773. Prime factorization of 11595 in exponential form is:

11595 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 773¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11600

Prime factors of 11600 are 2, 5, 29. Prime factorization of 11600 in exponential form is:

11600 = 2⁴ × 5² × 29¹

Step-3: Factors of 11595

List of positive integer factors of 11595 that divides 11595 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 773, 2319, 3865

Step-4: Factors of 11600

List of positive integer factors of 11600 that divides 11595 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 25, 29, 40, 50, 58, 80, 100, 116, 145, 200, 232, 290, 400, 464, 580, 725, 1160, 1450, 2320, 2900, 5800

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11595 and 11600. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11595 and 11600 is 5.

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