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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12604 and 12622?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12604 and 12622 is 2.

GCF(12604,12622) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12604 and 12622, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12604 and 12622.

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How to find the GCF of 12604 and 12622?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12604 and 12622. After we will calculate the factors of 12604 and 12622 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 12622

Prime factors of 12622 are 2, 6311. Prime factorization of 12622 in exponential form is:

12622 = 21 × 63111

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 12622

List of positive integer factors of 12622 that divides 12604 without a remainder.

1, 2, 6311

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12604 and 12622. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12604 and 12622 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12604 and 12622