What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11729 and 11744?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11729 and 11744 is 1.

GCF(11729,11744) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11729 and 11744, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11729 and 11744.

How to find the GCF of 11729 and 11744?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11729 and 11744. After we will calculate the factors of 11729 and 11744 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11729

Prime factors of 11729 are 37, 317. Prime factorization of 11729 in exponential form is:

11729 = 37¹ × 317¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11744

Prime factors of 11744 are 2, 367. Prime factorization of 11744 in exponential form is:

11744 = 2⁵ × 367¹

Step-3: Factors of 11729

List of positive integer factors of 11729 that divides 11729 without a remainder.

1, 37, 317

Step-4: Factors of 11744

List of positive integer factors of 11744 that divides 11729 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 367, 734, 1468, 2936, 5872

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11729 and 11744. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11729 and 11744 is 1.

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