What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11616 and 11631?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11616 and 11631 is 3.

GCF(11616,11631) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11616 and 11631, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11616 and 11631.

How to find the GCF of 11616 and 11631?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11616 and 11631. After we will calculate the factors of 11616 and 11631 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11616

Prime factors of 11616 are 2, 3, 11. Prime factorization of 11616 in exponential form is:

11616 = 2⁵ × 3¹ × 11²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11631

Prime factors of 11631 are 3, 3877. Prime factorization of 11631 in exponential form is:

11631 = 3¹ × 3877¹

Step-3: Factors of 11616

List of positive integer factors of 11616 that divides 11616 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 16, 22, 24, 32, 33, 44, 48, 66, 88, 96, 121, 132, 176, 242, 264, 352, 363, 484, 528, 726, 968, 1056, 1452, 1936, 2904, 3872, 5808

Step-4: Factors of 11631

List of positive integer factors of 11631 that divides 11616 without a remainder.

1, 3, 3877

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11616 and 11631. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11616 and 11631 is 3.

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