What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12715 and 12726?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12715 and 12726 is 1.

GCF(12715,12726) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12715 and 12726, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12715 and 12726.

How to find the GCF of 12715 and 12726?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12715 and 12726. After we will calculate the factors of 12715 and 12726 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12715

Prime factors of 12715 are 5, 2543. Prime factorization of 12715 in exponential form is:

12715 = 5¹ × 2543¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12726

Prime factors of 12726 are 2, 3, 7, 101. Prime factorization of 12726 in exponential form is:

12726 = 2¹ × 3² × 7¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 12715

List of positive integer factors of 12715 that divides 12715 without a remainder.

1, 5, 2543

Step-4: Factors of 12726

List of positive integer factors of 12726 that divides 12715 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 18, 21, 42, 63, 101, 126, 202, 303, 606, 707, 909, 1414, 1818, 2121, 4242, 6363

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12715 and 12726. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12715 and 12726 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12715 and 12726