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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12964 and 12984?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12964 and 12984 is 4.

GCF(12964,12984) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12964 and 12984, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12964 and 12984.

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How to find the GCF of 12964 and 12984?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12964 and 12984. After we will calculate the factors of 12964 and 12984 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12964

Prime factors of 12964 are 2, 7, 463. Prime factorization of 12964 in exponential form is:

12964 = 22 × 71 × 4631

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12984

Prime factors of 12984 are 2, 3, 541. Prime factorization of 12984 in exponential form is:

12984 = 23 × 31 × 5411

Step-3: Factors of 12964

List of positive integer factors of 12964 that divides 12964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 463, 926, 1852, 3241, 6482

Step-4: Factors of 12984

List of positive integer factors of 12984 that divides 12964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 541, 1082, 1623, 2164, 3246, 4328, 6492

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12964 and 12984. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12964 and 12984 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12964 and 12984