What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11918 and 11931?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11918 and 11931 is 1.

GCF(11918,11931) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11918 and 11931, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11918 and 11931.

How to find the GCF of 11918 and 11931?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11918 and 11931. After we will calculate the factors of 11918 and 11931 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11918

Prime factors of 11918 are 2, 59, 101. Prime factorization of 11918 in exponential form is:

11918 = 2¹ × 59¹ × 101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11931

Prime factors of 11931 are 3, 41, 97. Prime factorization of 11931 in exponential form is:

11931 = 3¹ × 41¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 11918

List of positive integer factors of 11918 that divides 11918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 59, 101, 118, 202, 5959

Step-4: Factors of 11931

List of positive integer factors of 11931 that divides 11918 without a remainder.

1, 3, 41, 97, 123, 291, 3977

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11918 and 11931. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11918 and 11931 is 1.

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