What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12231 and 12246?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12231 and 12246 is 3.

GCF(12231,12246) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12231 and 12246, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12231 and 12246.

How to find the GCF of 12231 and 12246?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12231 and 12246. After we will calculate the factors of 12231 and 12246 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 12246

Prime factors of 12246 are 2, 3, 13, 157. Prime factorization of 12246 in exponential form is:

12246 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 157¹

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 12246

List of positive integer factors of 12246 that divides 12231 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 157, 314, 471, 942, 2041, 4082, 6123

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12231 and 12246. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12231 and 12246 is 3.

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