What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12915 and 12925?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12915 and 12925 is 5.

GCF(12915,12925) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12915 and 12925, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12915 and 12925.

How to find the GCF of 12915 and 12925?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12915 and 12925. After we will calculate the factors of 12915 and 12925 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12915

Prime factors of 12915 are 3, 5, 7, 41. Prime factorization of 12915 in exponential form is:

12915 = 3² × 5¹ × 7¹ × 41¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12925

Prime factors of 12925 are 5, 11, 47. Prime factorization of 12925 in exponential form is:

12925 = 5² × 11¹ × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 12915

List of positive integer factors of 12915 that divides 12915 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 21, 35, 41, 45, 63, 105, 123, 205, 287, 315, 369, 615, 861, 1435, 1845, 2583, 4305

Step-4: Factors of 12925

List of positive integer factors of 12925 that divides 12915 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11, 25, 47, 55, 235, 275, 517, 1175, 2585

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12915 and 12925. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12915 and 12925 is 5.

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