What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11934 and 11942?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11934 and 11942 is 2.

GCF(11934,11942) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11934 and 11942, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11934 and 11942.

How to find the GCF of 11934 and 11942?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11934 and 11942. After we will calculate the factors of 11934 and 11942 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 11942

Prime factors of 11942 are 2, 7, 853. Prime factorization of 11942 in exponential form is:

11942 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 853¹

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 11942

List of positive integer factors of 11942 that divides 11934 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 853, 1706, 5971

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11934 and 11942. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11934 and 11942 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 11934 and 11942