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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12039 and 12046?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12039 and 12046 is 1.

GCF(12039,12046) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12039 and 12046, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12039 and 12046.

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How to find the GCF of 12039 and 12046?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12039 and 12046. After we will calculate the factors of 12039 and 12046 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12039

Prime factors of 12039 are 3, 4013. Prime factorization of 12039 in exponential form is:

12039 = 31 × 40131

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12046

Prime factors of 12046 are 2, 19, 317. Prime factorization of 12046 in exponential form is:

12046 = 21 × 191 × 3171

Step-3: Factors of 12039

List of positive integer factors of 12039 that divides 12039 without a remainder.

1, 3, 4013

Step-4: Factors of 12046

List of positive integer factors of 12046 that divides 12039 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 317, 634, 6023

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12039 and 12046. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12039 and 12046 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12039 and 12046