What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12878 and 12898?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12878 and 12898 is 2.

GCF(12878,12898) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12878 and 12898, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12878 and 12898.

How to find the GCF of 12878 and 12898?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12878 and 12898. After we will calculate the factors of 12878 and 12898 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12878

Prime factors of 12878 are 2, 47, 137. Prime factorization of 12878 in exponential form is:

12878 = 2¹ × 47¹ × 137¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12898

Prime factors of 12898 are 2, 6449. Prime factorization of 12898 in exponential form is:

12898 = 2¹ × 6449¹

Step-3: Factors of 12878

List of positive integer factors of 12878 that divides 12878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 47, 94, 137, 274, 6439

Step-4: Factors of 12898

List of positive integer factors of 12898 that divides 12878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 6449

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12878 and 12898. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12878 and 12898 is 2.

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