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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12904 and 12924?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12904 and 12924 is 4.

GCF(12904,12924) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12904 and 12924, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12904 and 12924.

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How to find the GCF of 12904 and 12924?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12904 and 12924. After we will calculate the factors of 12904 and 12924 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12904

Prime factors of 12904 are 2, 1613. Prime factorization of 12904 in exponential form is:

12904 = 23 × 16131

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12924

Prime factors of 12924 are 2, 3, 359. Prime factorization of 12924 in exponential form is:

12924 = 22 × 32 × 3591

Step-3: Factors of 12904

List of positive integer factors of 12904 that divides 12904 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 1613, 3226, 6452

Step-4: Factors of 12924

List of positive integer factors of 12924 that divides 12904 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 359, 718, 1077, 1436, 2154, 3231, 4308, 6462

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12904 and 12924. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12904 and 12924 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12904 and 12924