What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20517 and 20528?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20517 and 20528 is 1.

GCF(20517,20528) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20517 and 20528, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20517 and 20528.

How to find the GCF of 20517 and 20528?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20517 and 20528. After we will calculate the factors of 20517 and 20528 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20517

Prime factors of 20517 are 3, 7, 977. Prime factorization of 20517 in exponential form is:

20517 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 977¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20528

Prime factors of 20528 are 2, 1283. Prime factorization of 20528 in exponential form is:

20528 = 2⁴ × 1283¹

Step-3: Factors of 20517

List of positive integer factors of 20517 that divides 20517 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 977, 2931, 6839

Step-4: Factors of 20528

List of positive integer factors of 20528 that divides 20517 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 1283, 2566, 5132, 10264

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20517 and 20528. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20517 and 20528 is 1.

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