What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11824 and 11838?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11824 and 11838 is 2.

GCF(11824,11838) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11824 and 11838, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11824 and 11838.

How to find the GCF of 11824 and 11838?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11824 and 11838. After we will calculate the factors of 11824 and 11838 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11824

Prime factors of 11824 are 2, 739. Prime factorization of 11824 in exponential form is:

11824 = 2⁴ × 739¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11838

Prime factors of 11838 are 2, 3, 1973. Prime factorization of 11838 in exponential form is:

11838 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 1973¹

Step-3: Factors of 11824

List of positive integer factors of 11824 that divides 11824 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 739, 1478, 2956, 5912

Step-4: Factors of 11838

List of positive integer factors of 11838 that divides 11824 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 1973, 3946, 5919

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11824 and 11838. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11824 and 11838 is 2.

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