What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12393 and 12398?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12393 and 12398 is 1.

GCF(12393,12398) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12393 and 12398, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12393 and 12398.

How to find the GCF of 12393 and 12398?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12393 and 12398. After we will calculate the factors of 12393 and 12398 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12393

Prime factors of 12393 are 3, 17. Prime factorization of 12393 in exponential form is:

12393 = 3⁶ × 17¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12398

Prime factors of 12398 are 2, 6199. Prime factorization of 12398 in exponential form is:

12398 = 2¹ × 6199¹

Step-3: Factors of 12393

List of positive integer factors of 12393 that divides 12393 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 17, 27, 51, 81, 153, 243, 459, 729, 1377, 4131

Step-4: Factors of 12398

List of positive integer factors of 12398 that divides 12393 without a remainder.

1, 2, 6199

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12393 and 12398. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12393 and 12398 is 1.

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