What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20502 and 20508?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20502 and 20508 is 6.

GCF(20502,20508) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20502 and 20508, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20502 and 20508.

How to find the GCF of 20502 and 20508?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20502 and 20508. After we will calculate the factors of 20502 and 20508 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20502

Prime factors of 20502 are 2, 3, 17, 67. Prime factorization of 20502 in exponential form is:

20502 = 2¹ × 3² × 17¹ × 67¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20508

Prime factors of 20508 are 2, 3, 1709. Prime factorization of 20508 in exponential form is:

20508 = 2² × 3¹ × 1709¹

Step-3: Factors of 20502

List of positive integer factors of 20502 that divides 20502 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 17, 18, 34, 51, 67, 102, 134, 153, 201, 306, 402, 603, 1139, 1206, 2278, 3417, 6834, 10251

Step-4: Factors of 20508

List of positive integer factors of 20508 that divides 20502 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1709, 3418, 5127, 6836, 10254

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20502 and 20508. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20502 and 20508 is 6.

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