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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12870 and 12882?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12870 and 12882 is 6.

GCF(12870,12882) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12870 and 12882, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12870 and 12882.

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How to find the GCF of 12870 and 12882?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12870 and 12882. After we will calculate the factors of 12870 and 12882 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12870

Prime factors of 12870 are 2, 3, 5, 11, 13. Prime factorization of 12870 in exponential form is:

12870 = 21 × 32 × 51 × 111 × 131

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12882

Prime factors of 12882 are 2, 3, 19, 113. Prime factorization of 12882 in exponential form is:

12882 = 21 × 31 × 191 × 1131

Step-3: Factors of 12870

List of positive integer factors of 12870 that divides 12870 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18, 22, 26, 30, 33, 39, 45, 55, 65, 66, 78, 90, 99, 110, 117, 130, 143, 165, 195, 198, 234, 286, 330, 390, 429, 495, 585, 715, 858, 990, 1170, 1287, 1430, 2145, 2574, 4290, 6435

Step-4: Factors of 12882

List of positive integer factors of 12882 that divides 12870 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 19, 38, 57, 113, 114, 226, 339, 678, 2147, 4294, 6441

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12870 and 12882. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12870 and 12882 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12870 and 12882