What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11726 and 11743?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11726 and 11743 is 1.

GCF(11726,11743) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11726 and 11743, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11726 and 11743.

How to find the GCF of 11726 and 11743?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11726 and 11743. After we will calculate the factors of 11726 and 11743 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11726

Prime factors of 11726 are 2, 11, 13, 41. Prime factorization of 11726 in exponential form is:

11726 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 13¹ × 41¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11743

Prime factors of 11743 are 11743. Prime factorization of 11743 in exponential form is:

11743 = 11743¹

Step-3: Factors of 11726

List of positive integer factors of 11726 that divides 11726 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 13, 22, 26, 41, 82, 143, 286, 451, 533, 902, 1066, 5863

Step-4: Factors of 11743

List of positive integer factors of 11743 that divides 11726 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11726 and 11743. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11726 and 11743 is 1.

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