What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20502 and 20521?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20502 and 20521 is 1.

GCF(20502,20521) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20502 and 20521, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20502 and 20521.

How to find the GCF of 20502 and 20521?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20502 and 20521. After we will calculate the factors of 20502 and 20521 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 20521

Prime factors of 20521 are 20521. Prime factorization of 20521 in exponential form is:

20521 = 20521¹

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 20521

List of positive integer factors of 20521 that divides 20502 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20502 and 20521. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20502 and 20521 is 1.

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