What is the Greatest Common Factor of 19961 and 19981?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 19961 and 19981 is 1.

GCF(19961,19981) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 19961 and 19981, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 19961 and 19981.

How to find the GCF of 19961 and 19981?

We will first find the prime factorization of 19961 and 19981. After we will calculate the factors of 19961 and 19981 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 19961

Prime factors of 19961 are 19961. Prime factorization of 19961 in exponential form is:

19961 = 19961¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 19981

Prime factors of 19981 are 13, 29, 53. Prime factorization of 19981 in exponential form is:

19981 = 13¹ × 29¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 19961

List of positive integer factors of 19961 that divides 19961 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 19981

List of positive integer factors of 19981 that divides 19961 without a remainder.

1, 13, 29, 53, 377, 689, 1537

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 19961 and 19981. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 19961 and 19981 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 19961 and 19981