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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 200 and 204?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 200 and 204 is 4.

GCF(200,204) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 200 and 204, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 200 and 204.

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How to find the GCF of 200 and 204?

We will first find the prime factorization of 200 and 204. After we will calculate the factors of 200 and 204 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 200

Prime factors of 200 are 2, 5. Prime factorization of 200 in exponential form is:

200 = 23 × 52

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 204

Prime factors of 204 are 2, 3, 17. Prime factorization of 204 in exponential form is:

204 = 22 × 31 × 171

Step-3: Factors of 200

List of positive integer factors of 200 that divides 200 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 25, 40, 50, 100

Step-4: Factors of 204

List of positive integer factors of 204 that divides 200 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 17, 34, 51, 68, 102

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 200 and 204. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 200 and 204 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 200 and 204