What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12931 and 12939?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12931 and 12939 is 1.

GCF(12931,12939) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12931 and 12939, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12931 and 12939.

How to find the GCF of 12931 and 12939?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12931 and 12939. After we will calculate the factors of 12931 and 12939 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12931

Prime factors of 12931 are 67, 193. Prime factorization of 12931 in exponential form is:

12931 = 67¹ × 193¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12939

Prime factors of 12939 are 3, 19, 227. Prime factorization of 12939 in exponential form is:

12939 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 227¹

Step-3: Factors of 12931

List of positive integer factors of 12931 that divides 12931 without a remainder.

1, 67, 193

Step-4: Factors of 12939

List of positive integer factors of 12939 that divides 12931 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 227, 681, 4313

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12931 and 12939. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12931 and 12939 is 1.

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