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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12973 and 12989?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12973 and 12989 is 1.

GCF(12973,12989) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12973 and 12989, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12973 and 12989.

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How to find the GCF of 12973 and 12989?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12973 and 12989. After we will calculate the factors of 12973 and 12989 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12973

Prime factors of 12973 are 12973. Prime factorization of 12973 in exponential form is:

12973 = 129731

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12989

Prime factors of 12989 are 31, 419. Prime factorization of 12989 in exponential form is:

12989 = 311 × 4191

Step-3: Factors of 12973

List of positive integer factors of 12973 that divides 12973 without a remainder.

1

Step-4: Factors of 12989

List of positive integer factors of 12989 that divides 12973 without a remainder.

1, 31, 419

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12973 and 12989. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12973 and 12989 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12973 and 12989