What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12849 and 12860?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12849 and 12860 is 1.

GCF(12849,12860) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12849 and 12860, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12849 and 12860.

How to find the GCF of 12849 and 12860?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12849 and 12860. After we will calculate the factors of 12849 and 12860 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12849

Prime factors of 12849 are 3, 4283. Prime factorization of 12849 in exponential form is:

12849 = 3¹ × 4283¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12860

Prime factors of 12860 are 2, 5, 643. Prime factorization of 12860 in exponential form is:

12860 = 2² × 5¹ × 643¹

Step-3: Factors of 12849

List of positive integer factors of 12849 that divides 12849 without a remainder.

1, 3, 4283

Step-4: Factors of 12860

List of positive integer factors of 12860 that divides 12849 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 643, 1286, 2572, 3215, 6430

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12849 and 12860. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12849 and 12860 is 1.

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