What is the Greatest Common Factor of 1992 and 2011?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 1992 and 2011 is 1.

GCF(1992,2011) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 1992 and 2011, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 1992 and 2011.

How to find the GCF of 1992 and 2011?

We will first find the prime factorization of 1992 and 2011. After we will calculate the factors of 1992 and 2011 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 1992

Prime factors of 1992 are 2, 3, 83. Prime factorization of 1992 in exponential form is:

1992 = 2³ × 3¹ × 83¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 2011

Prime factors of 2011 are 2011. Prime factorization of 2011 in exponential form is:

2011 = 2011¹

Step-3: Factors of 1992

List of positive integer factors of 1992 that divides 1992 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 83, 166, 249, 332, 498, 664, 996

Step-4: Factors of 2011

List of positive integer factors of 2011 that divides 1992 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 1992 and 2011. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 1992 and 2011 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 1992 and 2011