What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20426 and 20437?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20426 and 20437 is 1.

GCF(20426,20437) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20426 and 20437, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20426 and 20437.

How to find the GCF of 20426 and 20437?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20426 and 20437. After we will calculate the factors of 20426 and 20437 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 20437

Prime factors of 20437 are 107, 191. Prime factorization of 20437 in exponential form is:

20437 = 107¹ × 191¹

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 20437

List of positive integer factors of 20437 that divides 20426 without a remainder.

1, 107, 191

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20426 and 20437. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20426 and 20437 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 20426 and 20437