What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11860 and 11872?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11860 and 11872 is 4.

GCF(11860,11872) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11860 and 11872, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11860 and 11872.

How to find the GCF of 11860 and 11872?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11860 and 11872. After we will calculate the factors of 11860 and 11872 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11860

Prime factors of 11860 are 2, 5, 593. Prime factorization of 11860 in exponential form is:

11860 = 2² × 5¹ × 593¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11872

Prime factors of 11872 are 2, 7, 53. Prime factorization of 11872 in exponential form is:

11872 = 2⁵ × 7¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 11860

List of positive integer factors of 11860 that divides 11860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 593, 1186, 2372, 2965, 5930

Step-4: Factors of 11872

List of positive integer factors of 11872 that divides 11860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 32, 53, 56, 106, 112, 212, 224, 371, 424, 742, 848, 1484, 1696, 2968, 5936

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11860 and 11872. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11860 and 11872 is 4.

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