What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12616 and 12634?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12616 and 12634 is 2.

GCF(12616,12634) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12616 and 12634, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12616 and 12634.

How to find the GCF of 12616 and 12634?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12616 and 12634. After we will calculate the factors of 12616 and 12634 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12616

Prime factors of 12616 are 2, 19, 83. Prime factorization of 12616 in exponential form is:

12616 = 2³ × 19¹ × 83¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12634

Prime factors of 12634 are 2, 6317. Prime factorization of 12634 in exponential form is:

12634 = 2¹ × 6317¹

Step-3: Factors of 12616

List of positive integer factors of 12616 that divides 12616 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 19, 38, 76, 83, 152, 166, 332, 664, 1577, 3154, 6308

Step-4: Factors of 12634

List of positive integer factors of 12634 that divides 12616 without a remainder.

1, 2, 6317

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12616 and 12634. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12616 and 12634 is 2.

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