What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12816 and 12824?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12816 and 12824 is 8.

GCF(12816,12824) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12816 and 12824, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12816 and 12824.

How to find the GCF of 12816 and 12824?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12816 and 12824. After we will calculate the factors of 12816 and 12824 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12816

Prime factors of 12816 are 2, 3, 89. Prime factorization of 12816 in exponential form is:

12816 = 2⁴ × 3² × 89¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12824

Prime factors of 12824 are 2, 7, 229. Prime factorization of 12824 in exponential form is:

12824 = 2³ × 7¹ × 229¹

Step-3: Factors of 12816

List of positive integer factors of 12816 that divides 12816 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 36, 48, 72, 89, 144, 178, 267, 356, 534, 712, 801, 1068, 1424, 1602, 2136, 3204, 4272, 6408

Step-4: Factors of 12824

List of positive integer factors of 12824 that divides 12816 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56, 229, 458, 916, 1603, 1832, 3206, 6412

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12816 and 12824. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12816 and 12824 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12816 and 12824