What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20159 and 20163?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20159 and 20163 is 1.

GCF(20159,20163) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20159 and 20163, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20159 and 20163.

How to find the GCF of 20159 and 20163?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20159 and 20163. After we will calculate the factors of 20159 and 20163 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20159

Prime factors of 20159 are 19, 1061. Prime factorization of 20159 in exponential form is:

20159 = 19¹ × 1061¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20163

Prime factors of 20163 are 3, 11, 13, 47. Prime factorization of 20163 in exponential form is:

20163 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 13¹ × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 20159

List of positive integer factors of 20159 that divides 20159 without a remainder.

1, 19, 1061

Step-4: Factors of 20163

List of positive integer factors of 20163 that divides 20159 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 13, 33, 39, 47, 141, 143, 429, 517, 611, 1551, 1833, 6721

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20159 and 20163. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20159 and 20163 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 20159 and 20163