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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12802 and 12818?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12802 and 12818 is 2.

GCF(12802,12818) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12802 and 12818, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12802 and 12818.

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How to find the GCF of 12802 and 12818?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12802 and 12818. After we will calculate the factors of 12802 and 12818 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12802

Prime factors of 12802 are 2, 37, 173. Prime factorization of 12802 in exponential form is:

12802 = 21 × 371 × 1731

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12818

Prime factors of 12818 are 2, 13, 17, 29. Prime factorization of 12818 in exponential form is:

12818 = 21 × 131 × 171 × 291

Step-3: Factors of 12802

List of positive integer factors of 12802 that divides 12802 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 173, 346, 6401

Step-4: Factors of 12818

List of positive integer factors of 12818 that divides 12802 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 17, 26, 29, 34, 58, 221, 377, 442, 493, 754, 986, 6409

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12802 and 12818. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12802 and 12818 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12802 and 12818