What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12117 and 12121?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12117 and 12121 is 1.

GCF(12117,12121) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12117 and 12121, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12117 and 12121.

How to find the GCF of 12117 and 12121?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12117 and 12121. After we will calculate the factors of 12117 and 12121 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12117

Prime factors of 12117 are 3, 7, 577. Prime factorization of 12117 in exponential form is:

12117 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 577¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12121

Prime factors of 12121 are 17, 23, 31. Prime factorization of 12121 in exponential form is:

12121 = 17¹ × 23¹ × 31¹

Step-3: Factors of 12117

List of positive integer factors of 12117 that divides 12117 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 577, 1731, 4039

Step-4: Factors of 12121

List of positive integer factors of 12121 that divides 12117 without a remainder.

1, 17, 23, 31, 391, 527, 713

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12117 and 12121. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12117 and 12121 is 1.

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