What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11830 and 11846?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11830 and 11846 is 2.

GCF(11830,11846) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11830 and 11846, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11830 and 11846.

How to find the GCF of 11830 and 11846?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11830 and 11846. After we will calculate the factors of 11830 and 11846 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11830

Prime factors of 11830 are 2, 5, 7, 13. Prime factorization of 11830 in exponential form is:

11830 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 13²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11846

Prime factors of 11846 are 2, 5923. Prime factorization of 11846 in exponential form is:

11846 = 2¹ × 5923¹

Step-3: Factors of 11830

List of positive integer factors of 11830 that divides 11830 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 14, 26, 35, 65, 70, 91, 130, 169, 182, 338, 455, 845, 910, 1183, 1690, 2366, 5915

Step-4: Factors of 11846

List of positive integer factors of 11846 that divides 11830 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5923

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11830 and 11846. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11830 and 11846 is 2.

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