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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12231 and 12244?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12231 and 12244 is 1.

GCF(12231,12244) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12231 and 12244, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12231 and 12244.

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How to find the GCF of 12231 and 12244?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12231 and 12244. After we will calculate the factors of 12231 and 12244 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12231

Prime factors of 12231 are 3, 151. Prime factorization of 12231 in exponential form is:

12231 = 34 × 1511

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12244

Prime factors of 12244 are 2, 3061. Prime factorization of 12244 in exponential form is:

12244 = 22 × 30611

Step-3: Factors of 12231

List of positive integer factors of 12231 that divides 12231 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 151, 453, 1359, 4077

Step-4: Factors of 12244

List of positive integer factors of 12244 that divides 12231 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 3061, 6122

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12231 and 12244. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12231 and 12244 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12231 and 12244