What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12324 and 12334?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12324 and 12334 is 2.

GCF(12324,12334) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12324 and 12334, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12324 and 12334.

How to find the GCF of 12324 and 12334?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12324 and 12334. After we will calculate the factors of 12324 and 12334 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12324

Prime factors of 12324 are 2, 3, 13, 79. Prime factorization of 12324 in exponential form is:

12324 = 2² × 3¹ × 13¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12334

Prime factors of 12334 are 2, 7, 881. Prime factorization of 12334 in exponential form is:

12334 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 881¹

Step-3: Factors of 12324

List of positive integer factors of 12324 that divides 12324 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 26, 39, 52, 78, 79, 156, 158, 237, 316, 474, 948, 1027, 2054, 3081, 4108, 6162

Step-4: Factors of 12334

List of positive integer factors of 12334 that divides 12324 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 881, 1762, 6167

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12324 and 12334. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12324 and 12334 is 2.

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