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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11784 and 11798?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11784 and 11798 is 2.

GCF(11784,11798) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11784 and 11798, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11784 and 11798.

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How to find the GCF of 11784 and 11798?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11784 and 11798. After we will calculate the factors of 11784 and 11798 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11784

Prime factors of 11784 are 2, 3, 491. Prime factorization of 11784 in exponential form is:

11784 = 23 × 31 × 4911

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11798

Prime factors of 11798 are 2, 17, 347. Prime factorization of 11798 in exponential form is:

11798 = 21 × 171 × 3471

Step-3: Factors of 11784

List of positive integer factors of 11784 that divides 11784 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 491, 982, 1473, 1964, 2946, 3928, 5892

Step-4: Factors of 11798

List of positive integer factors of 11798 that divides 11784 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 347, 694, 5899

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11784 and 11798. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11784 and 11798 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 11784 and 11798