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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12951 and 12962?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12951 and 12962 is 1.

GCF(12951,12962) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12951 and 12962, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12951 and 12962.

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How to find the GCF of 12951 and 12962?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12951 and 12962. After we will calculate the factors of 12951 and 12962 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12951

Prime factors of 12951 are 3, 1439. Prime factorization of 12951 in exponential form is:

12951 = 32 × 14391

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12962

Prime factors of 12962 are 2, 6481. Prime factorization of 12962 in exponential form is:

12962 = 21 × 64811

Step-3: Factors of 12951

List of positive integer factors of 12951 that divides 12951 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 1439, 4317

Step-4: Factors of 12962

List of positive integer factors of 12962 that divides 12951 without a remainder.

1, 2, 6481

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12951 and 12962. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12951 and 12962 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12951 and 12962