What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12715 and 12732?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12715 and 12732 is 1.

GCF(12715,12732) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12715 and 12732, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12715 and 12732.

How to find the GCF of 12715 and 12732?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12715 and 12732. After we will calculate the factors of 12715 and 12732 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 12732

Prime factors of 12732 are 2, 3, 1061. Prime factorization of 12732 in exponential form is:

12732 = 2² × 3¹ × 1061¹

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 12732

List of positive integer factors of 12732 that divides 12715 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1061, 2122, 3183, 4244, 6366

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12715 and 12732. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12715 and 12732 is 1.

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