What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20426 and 20432?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20426 and 20432 is 2.

GCF(20426,20432) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20426 and 20432, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20426 and 20432.

How to find the GCF of 20426 and 20432?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20426 and 20432. After we will calculate the factors of 20426 and 20432 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20426

Prime factors of 20426 are 2, 7, 1459. Prime factorization of 20426 in exponential form is:

20426 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 1459¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20432

Prime factors of 20432 are 2, 1277. Prime factorization of 20432 in exponential form is:

20432 = 2⁴ × 1277¹

Step-3: Factors of 20426

List of positive integer factors of 20426 that divides 20426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 1459, 2918, 10213

Step-4: Factors of 20432

List of positive integer factors of 20432 that divides 20426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 1277, 2554, 5108, 10216

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20426 and 20432. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20426 and 20432 is 2.

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