What is the Greatest Common Factor of 19540 and 19548?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 19540 and 19548 is 4.

GCF(19540,19548) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 19540 and 19548, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 19540 and 19548.

How to find the GCF of 19540 and 19548?

We will first find the prime factorization of 19540 and 19548. After we will calculate the factors of 19540 and 19548 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 19540

Prime factors of 19540 are 2, 5, 977. Prime factorization of 19540 in exponential form is:

19540 = 2² × 5¹ × 977¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 19548

Prime factors of 19548 are 2, 3, 181. Prime factorization of 19548 in exponential form is:

19548 = 2² × 3³ × 181¹

Step-3: Factors of 19540

List of positive integer factors of 19540 that divides 19540 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 977, 1954, 3908, 4885, 9770

Step-4: Factors of 19548

List of positive integer factors of 19548 that divides 19540 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 54, 108, 181, 362, 543, 724, 1086, 1629, 2172, 3258, 4887, 6516, 9774

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 19540 and 19548. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 19540 and 19548 is 4.

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