What is the Greatest Common Factor of 19897 and 19901?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 19897 and 19901 is 1.

GCF(19897,19901) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 19897 and 19901, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 19897 and 19901.

How to find the GCF of 19897 and 19901?

We will first find the prime factorization of 19897 and 19901. After we will calculate the factors of 19897 and 19901 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 19897

Prime factors of 19897 are 101, 197. Prime factorization of 19897 in exponential form is:

19897 = 101¹ × 197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 19901

Prime factors of 19901 are 7, 2843. Prime factorization of 19901 in exponential form is:

19901 = 7¹ × 2843¹

Step-3: Factors of 19897

List of positive integer factors of 19897 that divides 19897 without a remainder.

1, 101, 197

Step-4: Factors of 19901

List of positive integer factors of 19901 that divides 19897 without a remainder.

1, 7, 2843

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 19897 and 19901. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 19897 and 19901 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 19897 and 19901