What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11746 and 11759?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11746 and 11759 is 1.

GCF(11746,11759) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11746 and 11759, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11746 and 11759.

How to find the GCF of 11746 and 11759?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11746 and 11759. After we will calculate the factors of 11746 and 11759 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11746

Prime factors of 11746 are 2, 7, 839. Prime factorization of 11746 in exponential form is:

11746 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 839¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11759

Prime factors of 11759 are 11, 1069. Prime factorization of 11759 in exponential form is:

11759 = 11¹ × 1069¹

Step-3: Factors of 11746

List of positive integer factors of 11746 that divides 11746 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 839, 1678, 5873

Step-4: Factors of 11759

List of positive integer factors of 11759 that divides 11746 without a remainder.

1, 11, 1069

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11746 and 11759. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11746 and 11759 is 1.

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