What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12629 and 12644?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12629 and 12644 is 1.

GCF(12629,12644) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12629 and 12644, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12629 and 12644.

How to find the GCF of 12629 and 12644?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12629 and 12644. After we will calculate the factors of 12629 and 12644 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12629

Prime factors of 12629 are 73, 173. Prime factorization of 12629 in exponential form is:

12629 = 73¹ × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12644

Prime factors of 12644 are 2, 29, 109. Prime factorization of 12644 in exponential form is:

12644 = 2² × 29¹ × 109¹

Step-3: Factors of 12629

List of positive integer factors of 12629 that divides 12629 without a remainder.

1, 73, 173

Step-4: Factors of 12644

List of positive integer factors of 12644 that divides 12629 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 29, 58, 109, 116, 218, 436, 3161, 6322

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12629 and 12644. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12629 and 12644 is 1.

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