What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11879 and 11896?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11879 and 11896 is 1.

GCF(11879,11896) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11879 and 11896, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11879 and 11896.

How to find the GCF of 11879 and 11896?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11879 and 11896. After we will calculate the factors of 11879 and 11896 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11879

Prime factors of 11879 are 7, 1697. Prime factorization of 11879 in exponential form is:

11879 = 7¹ × 1697¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11896

Prime factors of 11896 are 2, 1487. Prime factorization of 11896 in exponential form is:

11896 = 2³ × 1487¹

Step-3: Factors of 11879

List of positive integer factors of 11879 that divides 11879 without a remainder.

1, 7, 1697

Step-4: Factors of 11896

List of positive integer factors of 11896 that divides 11879 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 1487, 2974, 5948

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11879 and 11896. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11879 and 11896 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 11879 and 11896