What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11606 and 11622?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11606 and 11622 is 2.

GCF(11606,11622) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11606 and 11622, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11606 and 11622.

How to find the GCF of 11606 and 11622?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11606 and 11622. After we will calculate the factors of 11606 and 11622 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11606

Prime factors of 11606 are 2, 7, 829. Prime factorization of 11606 in exponential form is:

11606 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 829¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11622

Prime factors of 11622 are 2, 3, 13, 149. Prime factorization of 11622 in exponential form is:

11622 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 149¹

Step-3: Factors of 11606

List of positive integer factors of 11606 that divides 11606 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 829, 1658, 5803

Step-4: Factors of 11622

List of positive integer factors of 11622 that divides 11606 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 149, 298, 447, 894, 1937, 3874, 5811

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11606 and 11622. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11606 and 11622 is 2.

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