What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20535 and 20547?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20535 and 20547 is 3.

GCF(20535,20547) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20535 and 20547, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20535 and 20547.

How to find the GCF of 20535 and 20547?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20535 and 20547. After we will calculate the factors of 20535 and 20547 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20535

Prime factors of 20535 are 3, 5, 37. Prime factorization of 20535 in exponential form is:

20535 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 37²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20547

Prime factors of 20547 are 3, 761. Prime factorization of 20547 in exponential form is:

20547 = 3³ × 761¹

Step-3: Factors of 20535

List of positive integer factors of 20535 that divides 20535 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 37, 111, 185, 555, 1369, 4107, 6845

Step-4: Factors of 20547

List of positive integer factors of 20547 that divides 20535 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 761, 2283, 6849

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20535 and 20547. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20535 and 20547 is 3.

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