What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12971 and 12979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12971 and 12979 is 1.

GCF(12971,12979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12971 and 12979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12971 and 12979.

How to find the GCF of 12971 and 12979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12971 and 12979. After we will calculate the factors of 12971 and 12979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12971

Prime factors of 12971 are 7, 17, 109. Prime factorization of 12971 in exponential form is:

12971 = 7¹ × 17¹ × 109¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12979

Prime factors of 12979 are 12979. Prime factorization of 12979 in exponential form is:

12979 = 12979¹

Step-3: Factors of 12971

List of positive integer factors of 12971 that divides 12971 without a remainder.

1, 7, 17, 109, 119, 763, 1853

Step-4: Factors of 12979

List of positive integer factors of 12979 that divides 12971 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12971 and 12979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12971 and 12979 is 1.

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