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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12225 and 12242?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12225 and 12242 is 1.

GCF(12225,12242) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12225 and 12242, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12225 and 12242.

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How to find the GCF of 12225 and 12242?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12225 and 12242. After we will calculate the factors of 12225 and 12242 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12225

Prime factors of 12225 are 3, 5, 163. Prime factorization of 12225 in exponential form is:

12225 = 31 × 52 × 1631

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12242

Prime factors of 12242 are 2, 6121. Prime factorization of 12242 in exponential form is:

12242 = 21 × 61211

Step-3: Factors of 12225

List of positive integer factors of 12225 that divides 12225 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 25, 75, 163, 489, 815, 2445, 4075

Step-4: Factors of 12242

List of positive integer factors of 12242 that divides 12225 without a remainder.

1, 2, 6121

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12225 and 12242. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12225 and 12242 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12225 and 12242