What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12818 and 12831?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12818 and 12831 is 13.

GCF(12818,12831) = 13

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12818 and 12831, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12818 and 12831.

How to find the GCF of 12818 and 12831?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12818 and 12831. After we will calculate the factors of 12818 and 12831 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 12831

Prime factors of 12831 are 3, 7, 13, 47. Prime factorization of 12831 in exponential form is:

12831 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 13¹ × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 12818

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 12831

List of positive integer factors of 12831 that divides 12818 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 13, 21, 39, 47, 91, 141, 273, 329, 611, 987, 1833, 4277

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12818 and 12831. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12818 and 12831 is 13.

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