What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11832 and 11838?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11832 and 11838 is 6.

GCF(11832,11838) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11832 and 11838, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11832 and 11838.

How to find the GCF of 11832 and 11838?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11832 and 11838. After we will calculate the factors of 11832 and 11838 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11832

Prime factors of 11832 are 2, 3, 17, 29. Prime factorization of 11832 in exponential form is:

11832 = 2³ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 29¹

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 11832

List of positive integer factors of 11832 that divides 11832 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 17, 24, 29, 34, 51, 58, 68, 87, 102, 116, 136, 174, 204, 232, 348, 408, 493, 696, 986, 1479, 1972, 2958, 3944, 5916

Step-4: Factors of 11838

List of positive integer factors of 11838 that divides 11832 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11832 and 11838. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11832 and 11838 is 6.

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