What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12771 and 12783?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12771 and 12783 is 3.

GCF(12771,12783) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12771 and 12783, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12771 and 12783.

How to find the GCF of 12771 and 12783?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12771 and 12783. After we will calculate the factors of 12771 and 12783 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12771

Prime factors of 12771 are 3, 11, 43. Prime factorization of 12771 in exponential form is:

12771 = 3³ × 11¹ × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12783

Prime factors of 12783 are 3, 4261. Prime factorization of 12783 in exponential form is:

12783 = 3¹ × 4261¹

Step-3: Factors of 12771

List of positive integer factors of 12771 that divides 12771 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 27, 33, 43, 99, 129, 297, 387, 473, 1161, 1419, 4257

Step-4: Factors of 12783

List of positive integer factors of 12783 that divides 12771 without a remainder.

1, 3, 4261

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12771 and 12783. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12771 and 12783 is 3.

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