What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11798 and 11812?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11798 and 11812 is 2.

GCF(11798,11812) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11798 and 11812, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11798 and 11812.

How to find the GCF of 11798 and 11812?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11798 and 11812. After we will calculate the factors of 11798 and 11812 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 11812

Prime factors of 11812 are 2, 2953. Prime factorization of 11812 in exponential form is:

11812 = 2² × 2953¹

Step-3: Factors of 11798

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 11812

List of positive integer factors of 11812 that divides 11798 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 2953, 5906

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11798 and 11812. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11798 and 11812 is 2.

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