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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11996 and 12011?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11996 and 12011 is 1.

GCF(11996,12011) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11996 and 12011, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11996 and 12011.

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How to find the GCF of 11996 and 12011?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11996 and 12011. After we will calculate the factors of 11996 and 12011 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11996

Prime factors of 11996 are 2, 2999. Prime factorization of 11996 in exponential form is:

11996 = 22 × 29991

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12011

Prime factors of 12011 are 12011. Prime factorization of 12011 in exponential form is:

12011 = 120111

Step-3: Factors of 11996

List of positive integer factors of 11996 that divides 11996 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 2999, 5998

Step-4: Factors of 12011

List of positive integer factors of 12011 that divides 11996 without a remainder.

1

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11996 and 12011. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11996 and 12011 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 11996 and 12011