What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12704 and 12708?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12704 and 12708 is 4.

GCF(12704,12708) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12704 and 12708, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12704 and 12708.

How to find the GCF of 12704 and 12708?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12704 and 12708. After we will calculate the factors of 12704 and 12708 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12704

Prime factors of 12704 are 2, 397. Prime factorization of 12704 in exponential form is:

12704 = 2⁵ × 397¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12708

Prime factors of 12708 are 2, 3, 353. Prime factorization of 12708 in exponential form is:

12708 = 2² × 3² × 353¹

Step-3: Factors of 12704

List of positive integer factors of 12704 that divides 12704 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 397, 794, 1588, 3176, 6352

Step-4: Factors of 12708

List of positive integer factors of 12708 that divides 12704 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 353, 706, 1059, 1412, 2118, 3177, 4236, 6354

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12704 and 12708. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12704 and 12708 is 4.

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