What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11874 and 11881?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11874 and 11881 is 1.

GCF(11874,11881) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11874 and 11881, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11874 and 11881.

How to find the GCF of 11874 and 11881?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11874 and 11881. After we will calculate the factors of 11874 and 11881 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11874

Prime factors of 11874 are 2, 3, 1979. Prime factorization of 11874 in exponential form is:

11874 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 1979¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11881

Prime factors of 11881 are 109. Prime factorization of 11881 in exponential form is:

11881 = 109²

Step-3: Factors of 11874

List of positive integer factors of 11874 that divides 11874 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 1979, 3958, 5937

Step-4: Factors of 11881

List of positive integer factors of 11881 that divides 11874 without a remainder.

1, 109

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11874 and 11881. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11874 and 11881 is 1.

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