What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11759 and 11772?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11759 and 11772 is 1.

GCF(11759,11772) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11759 and 11772, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11759 and 11772.

How to find the GCF of 11759 and 11772?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11759 and 11772. After we will calculate the factors of 11759 and 11772 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11759

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

11759 = 11¹ × 1069¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11772

Prime factors of 11772 are 2, 3, 109. Prime factorization of 11772 in exponential form is:

11772 = 2² × 3³ × 109¹

Step-3: Factors of 11759

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

1, 11, 1069

Step-4: Factors of 11772

List of positive integer factors of 11772 that divides 11759 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 54, 108, 109, 218, 327, 436, 654, 981, 1308, 1962, 2943, 3924, 5886

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11759 and 11772. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11759 and 11772 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 11759 and 11772