What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11934 and 11938?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11934 and 11938 is 2.

GCF(11934,11938) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11934 and 11938, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11934 and 11938.

How to find the GCF of 11934 and 11938?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11934 and 11938. After we will calculate the factors of 11934 and 11938 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11934

Prime factors of 11934 are 2, 3, 13, 17. Prime factorization of 11934 in exponential form is:

11934 = 2¹ × 3³ × 13¹ × 17¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11938

Prime factors of 11938 are 2, 47, 127. Prime factorization of 11938 in exponential form is:

11938 = 2¹ × 47¹ × 127¹

Step-3: Factors of 11934

List of positive integer factors of 11934 that divides 11934 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 13, 17, 18, 26, 27, 34, 39, 51, 54, 78, 102, 117, 153, 221, 234, 306, 351, 442, 459, 663, 702, 918, 1326, 1989, 3978, 5967

Step-4: Factors of 11938

List of positive integer factors of 11938 that divides 11934 without a remainder.

1, 2, 47, 94, 127, 254, 5969

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11934 and 11938. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11934 and 11938 is 2.

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