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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12985 and 12994?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12985 and 12994 is 1.

GCF(12985,12994) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12985 and 12994, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12985 and 12994.

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How to find the GCF of 12985 and 12994?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12985 and 12994. After we will calculate the factors of 12985 and 12994 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12985

Prime factors of 12985 are 5, 7, 53. Prime factorization of 12985 in exponential form is:

12985 = 51 × 72 × 531

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12994

Prime factors of 12994 are 2, 73, 89. Prime factorization of 12994 in exponential form is:

12994 = 21 × 731 × 891

Step-3: Factors of 12985

List of positive integer factors of 12985 that divides 12985 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 49, 53, 245, 265, 371, 1855, 2597

Step-4: Factors of 12994

List of positive integer factors of 12994 that divides 12985 without a remainder.

1, 2, 73, 89, 146, 178, 6497

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12985 and 12994. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12985 and 12994 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12985 and 12994