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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11960 and 11975?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11960 and 11975 is 5.

GCF(11960,11975) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11960 and 11975, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11960 and 11975.

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How to find the GCF of 11960 and 11975?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11960 and 11975. After we will calculate the factors of 11960 and 11975 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11960

Prime factors of 11960 are 2, 5, 13, 23. Prime factorization of 11960 in exponential form is:

11960 = 23 × 51 × 131 × 231

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11975

Prime factors of 11975 are 5, 479. Prime factorization of 11975 in exponential form is:

11975 = 52 × 4791

Step-3: Factors of 11960

List of positive integer factors of 11960 that divides 11960 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 20, 23, 26, 40, 46, 52, 65, 92, 104, 115, 130, 184, 230, 260, 299, 460, 520, 598, 920, 1196, 1495, 2392, 2990, 5980

Step-4: Factors of 11975

List of positive integer factors of 11975 that divides 11960 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 479, 2395

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11960 and 11975. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11960 and 11975 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 11960 and 11975