What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11658 and 11668?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11658 and 11668 is 2.

GCF(11658,11668) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11658 and 11668, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11658 and 11668.

How to find the GCF of 11658 and 11668?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11658 and 11668. After we will calculate the factors of 11658 and 11668 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11658

Prime factors of 11658 are 2, 3, 29, 67. Prime factorization of 11658 in exponential form is:

11658 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 67¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11668

Prime factors of 11668 are 2, 2917. Prime factorization of 11668 in exponential form is:

11668 = 2² × 2917¹

Step-3: Factors of 11658

List of positive integer factors of 11658 that divides 11658 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 67, 87, 134, 174, 201, 402, 1943, 3886, 5829

Step-4: Factors of 11668

List of positive integer factors of 11668 that divides 11658 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 2917, 5834

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11658 and 11668. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11658 and 11668 is 2.

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