What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12639 and 12644?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12639 and 12644 is 1.

GCF(12639,12644) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12639 and 12644, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12639 and 12644.

How to find the GCF of 12639 and 12644?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12639 and 12644. After we will calculate the factors of 12639 and 12644 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12639

Prime factors of 12639 are 3, 11, 383. Prime factorization of 12639 in exponential form is:

12639 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 383¹

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 12639

List of positive integer factors of 12639 that divides 12639 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 383, 1149, 4213

Step-4: Factors of 12644

List of positive integer factors of 12644 that divides 12639 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 12639 and 12644. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12639 and 12644 is 1.

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