What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16197 and 16206?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16197 and 16206 is 3.

GCF(16197,16206) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16197 and 16206, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16197 and 16206.

How to find the GCF of 16197 and 16206?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16197 and 16206. After we will calculate the factors of 16197 and 16206 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16197

Prime factors of 16197 are 3, 5399. Prime factorization of 16197 in exponential form is:

16197 = 3¹ × 5399¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16206

Prime factors of 16206 are 2, 3, 37, 73. Prime factorization of 16206 in exponential form is:

16206 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 37¹ × 73¹

Step-3: Factors of 16197

List of positive integer factors of 16197 that divides 16197 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5399

Step-4: Factors of 16206

List of positive integer factors of 16206 that divides 16197 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 37, 73, 74, 111, 146, 219, 222, 438, 2701, 5402, 8103

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16197 and 16206. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16197 and 16206 is 3.

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