What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12531 and 12546?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12531 and 12546 is 3.

GCF(12531,12546) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12531 and 12546, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12531 and 12546.

How to find the GCF of 12531 and 12546?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12531 and 12546. After we will calculate the factors of 12531 and 12546 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12531

Prime factors of 12531 are 3, 4177. Prime factorization of 12531 in exponential form is:

12531 = 3¹ × 4177¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12546

Prime factors of 12546 are 2, 3, 17, 41. Prime factorization of 12546 in exponential form is:

12546 = 2¹ × 3² × 17¹ × 41¹

Step-3: Factors of 12531

List of positive integer factors of 12531 that divides 12531 without a remainder.

1, 3, 4177

Step-4: Factors of 12546

List of positive integer factors of 12546 that divides 12531 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 17, 18, 34, 41, 51, 82, 102, 123, 153, 246, 306, 369, 697, 738, 1394, 2091, 4182, 6273

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12531 and 12546. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12531 and 12546 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12531 and 12546