What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12736 and 12741?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12736 and 12741 is 1.

GCF(12736,12741) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12736 and 12741, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12736 and 12741.

How to find the GCF of 12736 and 12741?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12736 and 12741. After we will calculate the factors of 12736 and 12741 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12736

Prime factors of 12736 are 2, 199. Prime factorization of 12736 in exponential form is:

12736 = 2⁶ × 199¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12741

Prime factors of 12741 are 3, 31, 137. Prime factorization of 12741 in exponential form is:

12741 = 3¹ × 31¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 12736

List of positive integer factors of 12736 that divides 12736 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 199, 398, 796, 1592, 3184, 6368

Step-4: Factors of 12741

List of positive integer factors of 12741 that divides 12736 without a remainder.

1, 3, 31, 93, 137, 411, 4247

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12736 and 12741. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12736 and 12741 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12736 and 12741