What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16201 and 16218?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16201 and 16218 is 17.

GCF(16201,16218) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16201 and 16218, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16201 and 16218.

How to find the GCF of 16201 and 16218?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16201 and 16218. After we will calculate the factors of 16201 and 16218 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16201

Prime factors of 16201 are 17, 953. Prime factorization of 16201 in exponential form is:

16201 = 17¹ × 953¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16218

Prime factors of 16218 are 2, 3, 17, 53. Prime factorization of 16218 in exponential form is:

16218 = 2¹ × 3² × 17¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 16201

List of positive integer factors of 16201 that divides 16201 without a remainder.

1, 17, 953

Step-4: Factors of 16218

List of positive integer factors of 16218 that divides 16201 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 17, 18, 34, 51, 53, 102, 106, 153, 159, 306, 318, 477, 901, 954, 1802, 2703, 5406, 8109

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16201 and 16218. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16201 and 16218 is 17.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16201 and 16218