What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12856 and 12876?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12856 and 12876 is 4.

GCF(12856,12876) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12856 and 12876, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12856 and 12876.

How to find the GCF of 12856 and 12876?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12856 and 12876. After we will calculate the factors of 12856 and 12876 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12856

Prime factors of 12856 are 2, 1607. Prime factorization of 12856 in exponential form is:

12856 = 2³ × 1607¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12876

Prime factors of 12876 are 2, 3, 29, 37. Prime factorization of 12876 in exponential form is:

12876 = 2² × 3¹ × 29¹ × 37¹

Step-3: Factors of 12856

List of positive integer factors of 12856 that divides 12856 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 1607, 3214, 6428

Step-4: Factors of 12876

List of positive integer factors of 12876 that divides 12856 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 29, 37, 58, 74, 87, 111, 116, 148, 174, 222, 348, 444, 1073, 2146, 3219, 4292, 6438

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12856 and 12876. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12856 and 12876 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12856 and 12876