What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12931 and 12949?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12931 and 12949 is 1.

GCF(12931,12949) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12931 and 12949, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12931 and 12949.

How to find the GCF of 12931 and 12949?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12931 and 12949. After we will calculate the factors of 12931 and 12949 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 12949

Prime factors of 12949 are 23, 563. Prime factorization of 12949 in exponential form is:

12949 = 23¹ × 563¹

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 12949

List of positive integer factors of 12949 that divides 12931 without a remainder.

1, 23, 563

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12931 and 12949. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12931 and 12949 is 1.

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