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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11906 and 11924?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11906 and 11924 is 2.

GCF(11906,11924) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11906 and 11924, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11906 and 11924.

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How to find the GCF of 11906 and 11924?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11906 and 11924. After we will calculate the factors of 11906 and 11924 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11906

Prime factors of 11906 are 2, 5953. Prime factorization of 11906 in exponential form is:

11906 = 21 × 59531

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11924

Prime factors of 11924 are 2, 11, 271. Prime factorization of 11924 in exponential form is:

11924 = 22 × 111 × 2711

Step-3: Factors of 11906

List of positive integer factors of 11906 that divides 11906 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5953

Step-4: Factors of 11924

List of positive integer factors of 11924 that divides 11906 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 271, 542, 1084, 2981, 5962

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11906 and 11924. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11906 and 11924 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 11906 and 11924