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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11715 and 11724?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11715 and 11724 is 3.

GCF(11715,11724) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11715 and 11724, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11715 and 11724.

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How to find the GCF of 11715 and 11724?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11715 and 11724. After we will calculate the factors of 11715 and 11724 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11715

Prime factors of 11715 are 3, 5, 11, 71. Prime factorization of 11715 in exponential form is:

11715 = 31 × 51 × 111 × 711

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11724

Prime factors of 11724 are 2, 3, 977. Prime factorization of 11724 in exponential form is:

11724 = 22 × 31 × 9771

Step-3: Factors of 11715

List of positive integer factors of 11715 that divides 11715 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 11, 15, 33, 55, 71, 165, 213, 355, 781, 1065, 2343, 3905

Step-4: Factors of 11724

List of positive integer factors of 11724 that divides 11715 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 977, 1954, 2931, 3908, 5862

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11715 and 11724. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11715 and 11724 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 11715 and 11724