What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11839 and 11856?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11839 and 11856 is 1.

GCF(11839,11856) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11839 and 11856, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11839 and 11856.

How to find the GCF of 11839 and 11856?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11839 and 11856. After we will calculate the factors of 11839 and 11856 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11839

Prime factors of 11839 are 11839. Prime factorization of 11839 in exponential form is:

11839 = 11839¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11856

Prime factors of 11856 are 2, 3, 13, 19. Prime factorization of 11856 in exponential form is:

11856 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 19¹

Step-3: Factors of 11839

List of positive integer factors of 11839 that divides 11839 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 11856

List of positive integer factors of 11856 that divides 11839 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 16, 19, 24, 26, 38, 39, 48, 52, 57, 76, 78, 104, 114, 152, 156, 208, 228, 247, 304, 312, 456, 494, 624, 741, 912, 988, 1482, 1976, 2964, 3952, 5928

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11839 and 11856. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11839 and 11856 is 1.

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