What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11702 and 11712?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11702 and 11712 is 2.

GCF(11702,11712) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11702 and 11712, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11702 and 11712.

How to find the GCF of 11702 and 11712?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11702 and 11712. After we will calculate the factors of 11702 and 11712 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11702

Prime factors of 11702 are 2, 5851. Prime factorization of 11702 in exponential form is:

11702 = 2¹ × 5851¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11712

Prime factors of 11712 are 2, 3, 61. Prime factorization of 11712 in exponential form is:

11712 = 2⁶ × 3¹ × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 11702

List of positive integer factors of 11702 that divides 11702 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5851

Step-4: Factors of 11712

List of positive integer factors of 11712 that divides 11702 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 61, 64, 96, 122, 183, 192, 244, 366, 488, 732, 976, 1464, 1952, 2928, 3904, 5856

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11702 and 11712. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11702 and 11712 is 2.

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