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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12724 and 12730?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12724 and 12730 is 2.

GCF(12724,12730) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12724 and 12730, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12724 and 12730.

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How to find the GCF of 12724 and 12730?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12724 and 12730. After we will calculate the factors of 12724 and 12730 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12724

Prime factors of 12724 are 2, 3181. Prime factorization of 12724 in exponential form is:

12724 = 22 × 31811

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12730

Prime factors of 12730 are 2, 5, 19, 67. Prime factorization of 12730 in exponential form is:

12730 = 21 × 51 × 191 × 671

Step-3: Factors of 12724

List of positive integer factors of 12724 that divides 12724 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 3181, 6362

Step-4: Factors of 12730

List of positive integer factors of 12730 that divides 12724 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 19, 38, 67, 95, 134, 190, 335, 670, 1273, 2546, 6365

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12724 and 12730. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12724 and 12730 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12724 and 12730