What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12604 and 12608?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12604 and 12608 is 4.

GCF(12604,12608) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12604 and 12608, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12604 and 12608.

How to find the GCF of 12604 and 12608?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12604 and 12608. After we will calculate the factors of 12604 and 12608 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12604

Prime factors of 12604 are 2, 23, 137. Prime factorization of 12604 in exponential form is:

12604 = 2² × 23¹ × 137¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12608

Prime factors of 12608 are 2, 197. Prime factorization of 12608 in exponential form is:

12608 = 2⁶ × 197¹

Step-3: Factors of 12604

List of positive integer factors of 12604 that divides 12604 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 46, 92, 137, 274, 548, 3151, 6302

Step-4: Factors of 12608

List of positive integer factors of 12608 that divides 12604 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 197, 394, 788, 1576, 3152, 6304

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12604 and 12608. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12604 and 12608 is 4.

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