What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11963 and 11976?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11963 and 11976 is 1.

GCF(11963,11976) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11963 and 11976, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11963 and 11976.

How to find the GCF of 11963 and 11976?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11963 and 11976. After we will calculate the factors of 11963 and 11976 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11963

Prime factors of 11963 are 7, 1709. Prime factorization of 11963 in exponential form is:

11963 = 7¹ × 1709¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11976

Prime factors of 11976 are 2, 3, 499. Prime factorization of 11976 in exponential form is:

11976 = 2³ × 3¹ × 499¹

Step-3: Factors of 11963

List of positive integer factors of 11963 that divides 11963 without a remainder.

1, 7, 1709

Step-4: Factors of 11976

List of positive integer factors of 11976 that divides 11963 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 499, 998, 1497, 1996, 2994, 3992, 5988

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11963 and 11976. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11963 and 11976 is 1.

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