What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12557 and 12565?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12557 and 12565 is 1.

GCF(12557,12565) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12557 and 12565, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12557 and 12565.

How to find the GCF of 12557 and 12565?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12557 and 12565. After we will calculate the factors of 12557 and 12565 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12557

Prime factors of 12557 are 29, 433. Prime factorization of 12557 in exponential form is:

12557 = 29¹ × 433¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12565

Prime factors of 12565 are 5, 7, 359. Prime factorization of 12565 in exponential form is:

12565 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 359¹

Step-3: Factors of 12557

List of positive integer factors of 12557 that divides 12557 without a remainder.

1, 29, 433

Step-4: Factors of 12565

List of positive integer factors of 12565 that divides 12557 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 359, 1795, 2513

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12557 and 12565. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12557 and 12565 is 1.

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