What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12890 and 12894?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12890 and 12894 is 2.

GCF(12890,12894) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12890 and 12894, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12890 and 12894.

How to find the GCF of 12890 and 12894?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12890 and 12894. After we will calculate the factors of 12890 and 12894 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12890

Prime factors of 12890 are 2, 5, 1289. Prime factorization of 12890 in exponential form is:

12890 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 1289¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12894

Prime factors of 12894 are 2, 3, 7, 307. Prime factorization of 12894 in exponential form is:

12894 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 307¹

Step-3: Factors of 12890

List of positive integer factors of 12890 that divides 12890 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 1289, 2578, 6445

Step-4: Factors of 12894

List of positive integer factors of 12894 that divides 12890 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 307, 614, 921, 1842, 2149, 4298, 6447

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12890 and 12894. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12890 and 12894 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12890 and 12894