What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20462 and 20476?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20462 and 20476 is 2.

GCF(20462,20476) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20462 and 20476, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20462 and 20476.

How to find the GCF of 20462 and 20476?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20462 and 20476. After we will calculate the factors of 20462 and 20476 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20462

Prime factors of 20462 are 2, 13, 787. Prime factorization of 20462 in exponential form is:

20462 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 787¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20476

Prime factors of 20476 are 2, 5119. Prime factorization of 20476 in exponential form is:

20476 = 2² × 5119¹

Step-3: Factors of 20462

List of positive integer factors of 20462 that divides 20462 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 787, 1574, 10231

Step-4: Factors of 20476

List of positive integer factors of 20476 that divides 20462 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5119, 10238

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20462 and 20476. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20462 and 20476 is 2.

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