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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12585 and 12603?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12585 and 12603 is 3.

GCF(12585,12603) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12585 and 12603, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12585 and 12603.

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How to find the GCF of 12585 and 12603?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12585 and 12603. After we will calculate the factors of 12585 and 12603 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12585

Prime factors of 12585 are 3, 5, 839. Prime factorization of 12585 in exponential form is:

12585 = 31 × 51 × 8391

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12603

Prime factors of 12603 are 3, 4201. Prime factorization of 12603 in exponential form is:

12603 = 31 × 42011

Step-3: Factors of 12585

List of positive integer factors of 12585 that divides 12585 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 839, 2517, 4195

Step-4: Factors of 12603

List of positive integer factors of 12603 that divides 12585 without a remainder.

1, 3, 4201

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12585 and 12603. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12585 and 12603 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12585 and 12603