What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11978 and 11982?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11978 and 11982 is 2.

GCF(11978,11982) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11978 and 11982, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11978 and 11982.

How to find the GCF of 11978 and 11982?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11978 and 11982. After we will calculate the factors of 11978 and 11982 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11978

Prime factors of 11978 are 2, 53, 113. Prime factorization of 11978 in exponential form is:

11978 = 2¹ × 53¹ × 113¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11982

Prime factors of 11982 are 2, 3, 1997. Prime factorization of 11982 in exponential form is:

11982 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 1997¹

Step-3: Factors of 11978

List of positive integer factors of 11978 that divides 11978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 53, 106, 113, 226, 5989

Step-4: Factors of 11982

List of positive integer factors of 11982 that divides 11978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 1997, 3994, 5991

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11978 and 11982. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11978 and 11982 is 2.

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