What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11842 and 11848?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11842 and 11848 is 2.

GCF(11842,11848) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11842 and 11848, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11842 and 11848.

How to find the GCF of 11842 and 11848?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11842 and 11848. After we will calculate the factors of 11842 and 11848 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11842

Prime factors of 11842 are 2, 31, 191. Prime factorization of 11842 in exponential form is:

11842 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 191¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11848

Prime factors of 11848 are 2, 1481. Prime factorization of 11848 in exponential form is:

11848 = 2³ × 1481¹

Step-3: Factors of 11842

List of positive integer factors of 11842 that divides 11842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 191, 382, 5921

Step-4: Factors of 11848

List of positive integer factors of 11848 that divides 11842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 1481, 2962, 5924

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11842 and 11848. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11842 and 11848 is 2.

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