What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12036 and 12047?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12036 and 12047 is 1.

GCF(12036,12047) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12036 and 12047, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12036 and 12047.

How to find the GCF of 12036 and 12047?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12036 and 12047. After we will calculate the factors of 12036 and 12047 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12036

Prime factors of 12036 are 2, 3, 17, 59. Prime factorization of 12036 in exponential form is:

12036 = 2² × 3¹ × 17¹ × 59¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12047

Prime factors of 12047 are 7, 1721. Prime factorization of 12047 in exponential form is:

12047 = 7¹ × 1721¹

Step-3: Factors of 12036

List of positive integer factors of 12036 that divides 12036 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 17, 34, 51, 59, 68, 102, 118, 177, 204, 236, 354, 708, 1003, 2006, 3009, 4012, 6018

Step-4: Factors of 12047

List of positive integer factors of 12047 that divides 12036 without a remainder.

1, 7, 1721

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12036 and 12047. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12036 and 12047 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12036 and 12047