What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12837 and 12848?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12837 and 12848 is 11.

GCF(12837,12848) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12837 and 12848, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12837 and 12848.

How to find the GCF of 12837 and 12848?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12837 and 12848. After we will calculate the factors of 12837 and 12848 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12837

Prime factors of 12837 are 3, 11, 389. Prime factorization of 12837 in exponential form is:

12837 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 389¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12848

Prime factors of 12848 are 2, 11, 73. Prime factorization of 12848 in exponential form is:

12848 = 2⁴ × 11¹ × 73¹

Step-3: Factors of 12837

List of positive integer factors of 12837 that divides 12837 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 389, 1167, 4279

Step-4: Factors of 12848

List of positive integer factors of 12848 that divides 12837 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 22, 44, 73, 88, 146, 176, 292, 584, 803, 1168, 1606, 3212, 6424

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12837 and 12848. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12837 and 12848 is 11.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12837 and 12848