What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12871 and 12876?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12871 and 12876 is 1.

GCF(12871,12876) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12871 and 12876, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12871 and 12876.

How to find the GCF of 12871 and 12876?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12871 and 12876. After we will calculate the factors of 12871 and 12876 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12871

Prime factors of 12871 are 61, 211. Prime factorization of 12871 in exponential form is:

12871 = 61¹ × 211¹

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 12871

List of positive integer factors of 12871 that divides 12871 without a remainder.

1, 61, 211

Step-4: Factors of 12876

List of positive integer factors of 12876 that divides 12871 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 12871 and 12876. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12871 and 12876 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12871 and 12876