What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12327 and 12344?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12327 and 12344 is 1.

GCF(12327,12344) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12327 and 12344, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12327 and 12344.

How to find the GCF of 12327 and 12344?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12327 and 12344. After we will calculate the factors of 12327 and 12344 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12327

Prime factors of 12327 are 3, 7, 587. Prime factorization of 12327 in exponential form is:

12327 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 587¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12344

Prime factors of 12344 are 2, 1543. Prime factorization of 12344 in exponential form is:

12344 = 2³ × 1543¹

Step-3: Factors of 12327

List of positive integer factors of 12327 that divides 12327 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 587, 1761, 4109

Step-4: Factors of 12344

List of positive integer factors of 12344 that divides 12327 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 1543, 3086, 6172

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12327 and 12344. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12327 and 12344 is 1.

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