What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12902 and 12921?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12902 and 12921 is 1.

GCF(12902,12921) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12902 and 12921, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12902 and 12921.

How to find the GCF of 12902 and 12921?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12902 and 12921. After we will calculate the factors of 12902 and 12921 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12902

Prime factors of 12902 are 2, 6451. Prime factorization of 12902 in exponential form is:

12902 = 2¹ × 6451¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12921

Prime factors of 12921 are 3, 59, 73. Prime factorization of 12921 in exponential form is:

12921 = 3¹ × 59¹ × 73¹

Step-3: Factors of 12902

List of positive integer factors of 12902 that divides 12902 without a remainder.

1, 2, 6451

Step-4: Factors of 12921

List of positive integer factors of 12921 that divides 12902 without a remainder.

1, 3, 59, 73, 177, 219, 4307

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12902 and 12921. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12902 and 12921 is 1.

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