Greatest Common Factor of 200 and 3141
GCF(200, 3141) = 1, Greatest common factor of 200 and 3141 is 1. Greatest Common Factor or Greatest Common Divisor of two numbers is the largest integer by which both the numbers can be divided. There are two different methods to calculate Greatest Common Factor of 200 and 3141. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 200 and 3141 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 200 and 3141.
Prime Factorization of 200 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 5, 5 and Prime Factorization of 3141 is 1, 3, 3, 349.
- Factorize\( (200) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 5\times 5\)
- Factorize\( (3141) = \) \(1\times 3\times 3\times 349\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 1) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(200, 3141) = 1\times 1 = 1\).
Greatest Common Factor of 200 and 3141 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 200 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 25, 40, 50, 100, 200
List of positive integers factors of 3141 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 3, 9, 349, 1047, 3141
As you can see, 1 is the greatest and common number that 200 and 3141 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 200 and 3141 is 1.
\(GCF(200, 3141) = 1\).
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