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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11952 and 11959?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11952 and 11959 is 1.

GCF(11952,11959) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11952 and 11959, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11952 and 11959.

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How to find the GCF of 11952 and 11959?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11952 and 11959. After we will calculate the factors of 11952 and 11959 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 11959

Prime factors of 11959 are 11959. Prime factorization of 11959 in exponential form is:

11959 = 119591

Step-3: Factors of 11952

List of positive integer factors of 11952 that divides 11952 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

Step-4: Factors of 11959

List of positive integer factors of 11959 that divides 11952 without a remainder.

1

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11952 and 11959. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11952 and 11959 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 11952 and 11959