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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12038 and 12052?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12038 and 12052 is 2.

GCF(12038,12052) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12038 and 12052, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12038 and 12052.

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How to find the GCF of 12038 and 12052?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12038 and 12052. After we will calculate the factors of 12038 and 12052 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12038

Prime factors of 12038 are 2, 13, 463. Prime factorization of 12038 in exponential form is:

12038 = 21 × 131 × 4631

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12052

Prime factors of 12052 are 2, 23, 131. Prime factorization of 12052 in exponential form is:

12052 = 22 × 231 × 1311

Step-3: Factors of 12038

List of positive integer factors of 12038 that divides 12038 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 463, 926, 6019

Step-4: Factors of 12052

List of positive integer factors of 12052 that divides 12038 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 46, 92, 131, 262, 524, 3013, 6026

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12038 and 12052. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12038 and 12052 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12038 and 12052