What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11742 and 11758?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11742 and 11758 is 2.

GCF(11742,11758) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11742 and 11758, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11742 and 11758.

How to find the GCF of 11742 and 11758?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11742 and 11758. After we will calculate the factors of 11742 and 11758 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11742

Prime factors of 11742 are 2, 3, 19, 103. Prime factorization of 11742 in exponential form is:

11742 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 19¹ × 103¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11758

Prime factors of 11758 are 2, 5879. Prime factorization of 11758 in exponential form is:

11758 = 2¹ × 5879¹

Step-3: Factors of 11742

List of positive integer factors of 11742 that divides 11742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 19, 38, 57, 103, 114, 206, 309, 618, 1957, 3914, 5871

Step-4: Factors of 11758

List of positive integer factors of 11758 that divides 11742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5879

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11742 and 11758. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11742 and 11758 is 2.

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