What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11860 and 11873?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11860 and 11873 is 1.

GCF(11860,11873) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11860 and 11873, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11860 and 11873.

How to find the GCF of 11860 and 11873?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11860 and 11873. After we will calculate the factors of 11860 and 11873 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 11873

Prime factors of 11873 are 31, 383. Prime factorization of 11873 in exponential form is:

11873 = 31¹ × 383¹

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 11873

List of positive integer factors of 11873 that divides 11860 without a remainder.

1, 31, 383

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11860 and 11873. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11860 and 11873 is 1.

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