What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11938 and 11943?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11938 and 11943 is 1.

GCF(11938,11943) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11938 and 11943, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11938 and 11943.

How to find the GCF of 11938 and 11943?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11938 and 11943. After we will calculate the factors of 11938 and 11943 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 11943

Prime factors of 11943 are 3, 1327. Prime factorization of 11943 in exponential form is:

11943 = 3² × 1327¹

Step-3: Factors of 11938

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 11943

List of positive integer factors of 11943 that divides 11938 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 1327, 3981

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11938 and 11943. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11938 and 11943 is 1.

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