What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12644 and 12648?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12644 and 12648 is 4.

GCF(12644,12648) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12644 and 12648, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12644 and 12648.

How to find the GCF of 12644 and 12648?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12644 and 12648. After we will calculate the factors of 12644 and 12648 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 12648

Prime factors of 12648 are 2, 3, 17, 31. Prime factorization of 12648 in exponential form is:

12648 = 2³ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 31¹

Step-3: Factors of 12644

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 12648

List of positive integer factors of 12648 that divides 12644 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 17, 24, 31, 34, 51, 62, 68, 93, 102, 124, 136, 186, 204, 248, 372, 408, 527, 744, 1054, 1581, 2108, 3162, 4216, 6324

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12644 and 12648. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12644 and 12648 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12644 and 12648