What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12015 and 12024?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12015 and 12024 is 9.

GCF(12015,12024) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12015 and 12024, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12015 and 12024.

How to find the GCF of 12015 and 12024?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12015 and 12024. After we will calculate the factors of 12015 and 12024 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12015

Prime factors of 12015 are 3, 5, 89. Prime factorization of 12015 in exponential form is:

12015 = 3³ × 5¹ × 89¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12024

Prime factors of 12024 are 2, 3, 167. Prime factorization of 12024 in exponential form is:

12024 = 2³ × 3² × 167¹

Step-3: Factors of 12015

List of positive integer factors of 12015 that divides 12015 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 27, 45, 89, 135, 267, 445, 801, 1335, 2403, 4005

Step-4: Factors of 12024

List of positive integer factors of 12024 that divides 12015 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 72, 167, 334, 501, 668, 1002, 1336, 1503, 2004, 3006, 4008, 6012

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12015 and 12024. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12015 and 12024 is 9.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12015 and 12024