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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11812 and 11826?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11812 and 11826 is 2.

GCF(11812,11826) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11812 and 11826, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11812 and 11826.

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How to find the GCF of 11812 and 11826?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11812 and 11826. After we will calculate the factors of 11812 and 11826 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11812

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

11812 = 22 × 29531

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11826

Prime factors of 11826 are 2, 3, 73. Prime factorization of 11826 in exponential form is:

11826 = 21 × 34 × 731

Step-3: Factors of 11812

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

1, 2, 4, 2953, 5906

Step-4: Factors of 11826

List of positive integer factors of 11826 that divides 11812 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 73, 81, 146, 162, 219, 438, 657, 1314, 1971, 3942, 5913

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11812 and 11826. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11812 and 11826 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 11812 and 11826