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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12360 and 12378?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12360 and 12378 is 6.

GCF(12360,12378) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12360 and 12378, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12360 and 12378.

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How to find the GCF of 12360 and 12378?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12360 and 12378. After we will calculate the factors of 12360 and 12378 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12360

Prime factors of 12360 are 2, 3, 5, 103. Prime factorization of 12360 in exponential form is:

12360 = 23 × 31 × 51 × 1031

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12378

Prime factors of 12378 are 2, 3, 2063. Prime factorization of 12378 in exponential form is:

12378 = 21 × 31 × 20631

Step-3: Factors of 12360

List of positive integer factors of 12360 that divides 12360 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30, 40, 60, 103, 120, 206, 309, 412, 515, 618, 824, 1030, 1236, 1545, 2060, 2472, 3090, 4120, 6180

Step-4: Factors of 12378

List of positive integer factors of 12378 that divides 12360 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 2063, 4126, 6189

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12360 and 12378. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12360 and 12378 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12360 and 12378