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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12201 and 12205?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12201 and 12205 is 1.

GCF(12201,12205) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12201 and 12205, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12201 and 12205.

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How to find the GCF of 12201 and 12205?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12201 and 12205. After we will calculate the factors of 12201 and 12205 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12201

Prime factors of 12201 are 3, 7, 83. Prime factorization of 12201 in exponential form is:

12201 = 31 × 72 × 831

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12205

Prime factors of 12205 are 5, 2441. Prime factorization of 12205 in exponential form is:

12205 = 51 × 24411

Step-3: Factors of 12201

List of positive integer factors of 12201 that divides 12201 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 49, 83, 147, 249, 581, 1743, 4067

Step-4: Factors of 12205

List of positive integer factors of 12205 that divides 12201 without a remainder.

1, 5, 2441

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12201 and 12205. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12201 and 12205 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 12201 and 12205