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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11850 and 11859?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11850 and 11859 is 3.

GCF(11850,11859) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11850 and 11859, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11850 and 11859.

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How to find the GCF of 11850 and 11859?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11850 and 11859. After we will calculate the factors of 11850 and 11859 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11850

Prime factors of 11850 are 2, 3, 5, 79. Prime factorization of 11850 in exponential form is:

11850 = 21 × 31 × 52 × 791

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11859

Prime factors of 11859 are 3, 59, 67. Prime factorization of 11859 in exponential form is:

11859 = 31 × 591 × 671

Step-3: Factors of 11850

List of positive integer factors of 11850 that divides 11850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 25, 30, 50, 75, 79, 150, 158, 237, 395, 474, 790, 1185, 1975, 2370, 3950, 5925

Step-4: Factors of 11859

List of positive integer factors of 11859 that divides 11850 without a remainder.

1, 3, 59, 67, 177, 201, 3953

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11850 and 11859. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11850 and 11859 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 11850 and 11859