What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12712 and 12723?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12712 and 12723 is 1.

GCF(12712,12723) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12712 and 12723, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12712 and 12723.

How to find the GCF of 12712 and 12723?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12712 and 12723. After we will calculate the factors of 12712 and 12723 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12712

Prime factors of 12712 are 2, 7, 227. Prime factorization of 12712 in exponential form is:

12712 = 2³ × 7¹ × 227¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12723

Prime factors of 12723 are 3, 4241. Prime factorization of 12723 in exponential form is:

12723 = 3¹ × 4241¹

Step-3: Factors of 12712

List of positive integer factors of 12712 that divides 12712 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56, 227, 454, 908, 1589, 1816, 3178, 6356

Step-4: Factors of 12723

List of positive integer factors of 12723 that divides 12712 without a remainder.

1, 3, 4241

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12712 and 12723. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12712 and 12723 is 1.

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