What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11826 and 11831?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11826 and 11831 is 1.

GCF(11826,11831) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11826 and 11831, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11826 and 11831.

How to find the GCF of 11826 and 11831?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11826 and 11831. After we will calculate the factors of 11826 and 11831 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 11831

Prime factors of 11831 are 11831. Prime factorization of 11831 in exponential form is:

11831 = 11831¹

Step-3: Factors of 11826

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 11831

List of positive integer factors of 11831 that divides 11826 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11826 and 11831. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11826 and 11831 is 1.

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