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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11964 and 11977?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11964 and 11977 is 1.

GCF(11964,11977) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11964 and 11977, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11964 and 11977.

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How to find the GCF of 11964 and 11977?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11964 and 11977. After we will calculate the factors of 11964 and 11977 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11964

Prime factors of 11964 are 2, 3, 997. Prime factorization of 11964 in exponential form is:

11964 = 22 × 31 × 9971

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11977

Prime factors of 11977 are 7, 29, 59. Prime factorization of 11977 in exponential form is:

11977 = 71 × 291 × 591

Step-3: Factors of 11964

List of positive integer factors of 11964 that divides 11964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 997, 1994, 2991, 3988, 5982

Step-4: Factors of 11977

List of positive integer factors of 11977 that divides 11964 without a remainder.

1, 7, 29, 59, 203, 413, 1711

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11964 and 11977. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11964 and 11977 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 11964 and 11977