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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 201 and 217?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 201 and 217 is 1.

GCF(201,217) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 201 and 217, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 201 and 217.

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How to find the GCF of 201 and 217?

We will first find the prime factorization of 201 and 217. After we will calculate the factors of 201 and 217 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 201

Prime factors of 201 are 3, 67. Prime factorization of 201 in exponential form is:

201 = 31 × 671

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 217

Prime factors of 217 are 7, 31. Prime factorization of 217 in exponential form is:

217 = 71 × 311

Step-3: Factors of 201

List of positive integer factors of 201 that divides 201 without a remainder.

1, 3, 67

Step-4: Factors of 217

List of positive integer factors of 217 that divides 201 without a remainder.

1, 7, 31

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 201 and 217. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 201 and 217 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 201 and 217