What is the Greatest Common Factor of 1212 and 1218?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 1212 and 1218 is 6.

GCF(1212,1218) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 1212 and 1218, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 1212 and 1218.

How to find the GCF of 1212 and 1218?

We will first find the prime factorization of 1212 and 1218. After we will calculate the factors of 1212 and 1218 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 1212

Prime factors of 1212 are 2, 3, 101. Prime factorization of 1212 in exponential form is:

1212 = 2² × 3¹ × 101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 1218

Prime factors of 1218 are 2, 3, 7, 29. Prime factorization of 1218 in exponential form is:

1218 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 29¹

Step-3: Factors of 1212

List of positive integer factors of 1212 that divides 1212 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 101, 202, 303, 404, 606

Step-4: Factors of 1218

List of positive integer factors of 1218 that divides 1212 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 29, 42, 58, 87, 174, 203, 406, 609

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 1212 and 1218. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 1212 and 1218 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 1212 and 1218