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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12591 and 12602?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12591 and 12602 is 1.

GCF(12591,12602) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12591 and 12602, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12591 and 12602.

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How to find the GCF of 12591 and 12602?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12591 and 12602. After we will calculate the factors of 12591 and 12602 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12591

Prime factors of 12591 are 3, 1399. Prime factorization of 12591 in exponential form is:

12591 = 32 × 13991

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12602

Prime factors of 12602 are 2, 6301. Prime factorization of 12602 in exponential form is:

12602 = 21 × 63011

Step-3: Factors of 12591

List of positive integer factors of 12591 that divides 12591 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 1399, 4197

Step-4: Factors of 12602

List of positive integer factors of 12602 that divides 12591 without a remainder.

1, 2, 6301

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12591 and 12602. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12591 and 12602 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12591 and 12602