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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11988 and 12001?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11988 and 12001 is 1.

GCF(11988,12001) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11988 and 12001, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11988 and 12001.

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How to find the GCF of 11988 and 12001?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11988 and 12001. After we will calculate the factors of 11988 and 12001 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11988

Prime factors of 11988 are 2, 3, 37. Prime factorization of 11988 in exponential form is:

11988 = 22 × 34 × 371

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12001

Prime factors of 12001 are 11, 1091. Prime factorization of 12001 in exponential form is:

12001 = 111 × 10911

Step-3: Factors of 11988

List of positive integer factors of 11988 that divides 11988 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 37, 54, 74, 81, 108, 111, 148, 162, 222, 324, 333, 444, 666, 999, 1332, 1998, 2997, 3996, 5994

Step-4: Factors of 12001

List of positive integer factors of 12001 that divides 11988 without a remainder.

1, 11, 1091

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11988 and 12001. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11988 and 12001 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 11988 and 12001