What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11932 and 11952?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11932 and 11952 is 4.

GCF(11932,11952) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11932 and 11952, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11932 and 11952.

How to find the GCF of 11932 and 11952?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11932 and 11952. After we will calculate the factors of 11932 and 11952 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11932

Prime factors of 11932 are 2, 19, 157. Prime factorization of 11932 in exponential form is:

11932 = 2² × 19¹ × 157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11952

Prime factors of 11952 are 2, 3, 83. Prime factorization of 11952 in exponential form is:

11952 = 2⁴ × 3² × 83¹

Step-3: Factors of 11932

List of positive integer factors of 11932 that divides 11932 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 76, 157, 314, 628, 2983, 5966

Step-4: Factors of 11952

List of positive integer factors of 11952 that divides 11932 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 36, 48, 72, 83, 144, 166, 249, 332, 498, 664, 747, 996, 1328, 1494, 1992, 2988, 3984, 5976

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11932 and 11952. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11932 and 11952 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 11932 and 11952