What is the Greatest Common Factor of 19880 and 19886?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 19880 and 19886 is 2.

GCF(19880,19886) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 19880 and 19886, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 19880 and 19886.

How to find the GCF of 19880 and 19886?

We will first find the prime factorization of 19880 and 19886. After we will calculate the factors of 19880 and 19886 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 19880

Prime factors of 19880 are 2, 5, 7, 71. Prime factorization of 19880 in exponential form is:

19880 = 2³ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 19886

Prime factors of 19886 are 2, 61, 163. Prime factorization of 19886 in exponential form is:

19886 = 2¹ × 61¹ × 163¹

Step-3: Factors of 19880

List of positive integer factors of 19880 that divides 19880 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 14, 20, 28, 35, 40, 56, 70, 71, 140, 142, 280, 284, 355, 497, 568, 710, 994, 1420, 1988, 2485, 2840, 3976, 4970, 9940

Step-4: Factors of 19886

List of positive integer factors of 19886 that divides 19880 without a remainder.

1, 2, 61, 122, 163, 326, 9943

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 19880 and 19886. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 19880 and 19886 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 19880 and 19886