What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12859 and 12873?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12859 and 12873 is 7.

GCF(12859,12873) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12859 and 12873, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12859 and 12873.

How to find the GCF of 12859 and 12873?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12859 and 12873. After we will calculate the factors of 12859 and 12873 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12859

Prime factors of 12859 are 7, 11, 167. Prime factorization of 12859 in exponential form is:

12859 = 7¹ × 11¹ × 167¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12873

Prime factors of 12873 are 3, 7, 613. Prime factorization of 12873 in exponential form is:

12873 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 613¹

Step-3: Factors of 12859

List of positive integer factors of 12859 that divides 12859 without a remainder.

1, 7, 11, 77, 167, 1169, 1837

Step-4: Factors of 12873

List of positive integer factors of 12873 that divides 12859 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 613, 1839, 4291

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12859 and 12873. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12859 and 12873 is 7.

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