What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11986 and 12004?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11986 and 12004 is 2.

GCF(11986,12004) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11986 and 12004, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11986 and 12004.

How to find the GCF of 11986 and 12004?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11986 and 12004. After we will calculate the factors of 11986 and 12004 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11986

Prime factors of 11986 are 2, 13, 461. Prime factorization of 11986 in exponential form is:

11986 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 461¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12004

Prime factors of 12004 are 2, 3001. Prime factorization of 12004 in exponential form is:

12004 = 2² × 3001¹

Step-3: Factors of 11986

List of positive integer factors of 11986 that divides 11986 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 461, 922, 5993

Step-4: Factors of 12004

List of positive integer factors of 12004 that divides 11986 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 3001, 6002

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11986 and 12004. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11986 and 12004 is 2.

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