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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12868 and 12885?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12868 and 12885 is 1.

GCF(12868,12885) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12868 and 12885, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12868 and 12885.

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How to find the GCF of 12868 and 12885?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12868 and 12885. After we will calculate the factors of 12868 and 12885 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12868

Prime factors of 12868 are 2, 3217. Prime factorization of 12868 in exponential form is:

12868 = 22 × 32171

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12885

Prime factors of 12885 are 3, 5, 859. Prime factorization of 12885 in exponential form is:

12885 = 31 × 51 × 8591

Step-3: Factors of 12868

List of positive integer factors of 12868 that divides 12868 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 3217, 6434

Step-4: Factors of 12885

List of positive integer factors of 12885 that divides 12868 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 859, 2577, 4295

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12868 and 12885. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12868 and 12885 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12868 and 12885