What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11878 and 11882?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11878 and 11882 is 2.

GCF(11878,11882) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11878 and 11882, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11878 and 11882.

How to find the GCF of 11878 and 11882?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11878 and 11882. After we will calculate the factors of 11878 and 11882 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11878

Prime factors of 11878 are 2, 5939. Prime factorization of 11878 in exponential form is:

11878 = 2¹ × 5939¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11882

Prime factors of 11882 are 2, 13, 457. Prime factorization of 11882 in exponential form is:

11882 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 457¹

Step-3: Factors of 11878

List of positive integer factors of 11878 that divides 11878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5939

Step-4: Factors of 11882

List of positive integer factors of 11882 that divides 11878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 457, 914, 5941

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11878 and 11882. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11878 and 11882 is 2.

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