What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12324 and 12336?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12324 and 12336 is 12.

GCF(12324,12336) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12324 and 12336, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12324 and 12336.

How to find the GCF of 12324 and 12336?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12324 and 12336. After we will calculate the factors of 12324 and 12336 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 12336

Prime factors of 12336 are 2, 3, 257. Prime factorization of 12336 in exponential form is:

12336 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 257¹

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 12336

List of positive integer factors of 12336 that divides 12324 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 257, 514, 771, 1028, 1542, 2056, 3084, 4112, 6168

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12324 and 12336. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12324 and 12336 is 12.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12324 and 12336