What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20501 and 20516?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20501 and 20516 is 1.

GCF(20501,20516) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20501 and 20516, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20501 and 20516.

How to find the GCF of 20501 and 20516?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20501 and 20516. After we will calculate the factors of 20501 and 20516 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20501

Prime factors of 20501 are 13, 19, 83. Prime factorization of 20501 in exponential form is:

20501 = 13¹ × 19¹ × 83¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20516

Prime factors of 20516 are 2, 23, 223. Prime factorization of 20516 in exponential form is:

20516 = 2² × 23¹ × 223¹

Step-3: Factors of 20501

List of positive integer factors of 20501 that divides 20501 without a remainder.

1, 13, 19, 83, 247, 1079, 1577

Step-4: Factors of 20516

List of positive integer factors of 20516 that divides 20501 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 46, 92, 223, 446, 892, 5129, 10258

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20501 and 20516. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20501 and 20516 is 1.

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