What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20442 and 20454?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20442 and 20454 is 6.

GCF(20442,20454) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20442 and 20454, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20442 and 20454.

How to find the GCF of 20442 and 20454?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20442 and 20454. After we will calculate the factors of 20442 and 20454 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20442

Prime factors of 20442 are 2, 3, 3407. Prime factorization of 20442 in exponential form is:

20442 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 3407¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20454

Prime factors of 20454 are 2, 3, 7, 487. Prime factorization of 20454 in exponential form is:

20454 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 487¹

Step-3: Factors of 20442

List of positive integer factors of 20442 that divides 20442 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 3407, 6814, 10221

Step-4: Factors of 20454

List of positive integer factors of 20454 that divides 20442 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 487, 974, 1461, 2922, 3409, 6818, 10227

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20442 and 20454. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20442 and 20454 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 20442 and 20454