What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12039 and 12054?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12039 and 12054 is 3.

GCF(12039,12054) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12039 and 12054, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12039 and 12054.

How to find the GCF of 12039 and 12054?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12039 and 12054. After we will calculate the factors of 12039 and 12054 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 12054

Prime factors of 12054 are 2, 3, 7, 41. Prime factorization of 12054 in exponential form is:

12054 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7² × 41¹

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 12054

List of positive integer factors of 12054 that divides 12039 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 41, 42, 49, 82, 98, 123, 147, 246, 287, 294, 574, 861, 1722, 2009, 4018, 6027

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12039 and 12054. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12039 and 12054 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12039 and 12054