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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12070 and 12087?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12070 and 12087 is 17.

GCF(12070,12087) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12070 and 12087, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12070 and 12087.

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How to find the GCF of 12070 and 12087?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12070 and 12087. After we will calculate the factors of 12070 and 12087 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12070

Prime factors of 12070 are 2, 5, 17, 71. Prime factorization of 12070 in exponential form is:

12070 = 21 × 51 × 171 × 711

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12087

Prime factors of 12087 are 3, 17, 79. Prime factorization of 12087 in exponential form is:

12087 = 32 × 171 × 791

Step-3: Factors of 12070

List of positive integer factors of 12070 that divides 12070 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 17, 34, 71, 85, 142, 170, 355, 710, 1207, 2414, 6035

Step-4: Factors of 12087

List of positive integer factors of 12087 that divides 12070 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 17, 51, 79, 153, 237, 711, 1343, 4029

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12070 and 12087. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12070 and 12087 is 17.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12070 and 12087