What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20493 and 20498?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20493 and 20498 is 1.

GCF(20493,20498) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20493 and 20498, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20493 and 20498.

How to find the GCF of 20493 and 20498?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20493 and 20498. After we will calculate the factors of 20493 and 20498 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20493

Prime factors of 20493 are 3, 11, 23. Prime factorization of 20493 in exponential form is:

20493 = 3⁴ × 11¹ × 23¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20498

Prime factors of 20498 are 2, 37, 277. Prime factorization of 20498 in exponential form is:

20498 = 2¹ × 37¹ × 277¹

Step-3: Factors of 20493

List of positive integer factors of 20493 that divides 20493 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 23, 27, 33, 69, 81, 99, 207, 253, 297, 621, 759, 891, 1863, 2277, 6831

Step-4: Factors of 20498

List of positive integer factors of 20498 that divides 20493 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 277, 554, 10249

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20493 and 20498. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20493 and 20498 is 1.

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