What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11042 and 11046?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11042 and 11046 is 2.

GCF(11042,11046) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11042 and 11046, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11042 and 11046.

How to find the GCF of 11042 and 11046?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11042 and 11046. After we will calculate the factors of 11042 and 11046 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11042

Prime factors of 11042 are 2, 5521. Prime factorization of 11042 in exponential form is:

11042 = 2¹ × 5521¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11046

Prime factors of 11046 are 2, 3, 7, 263. Prime factorization of 11046 in exponential form is:

11046 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 263¹

Step-3: Factors of 11042

List of positive integer factors of 11042 that divides 11042 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5521

Step-4: Factors of 11046

List of positive integer factors of 11046 that divides 11042 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 263, 526, 789, 1578, 1841, 3682, 5523

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11042 and 11046. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11042 and 11046 is 2.

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