What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20547 and 20553?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20547 and 20553 is 3.

GCF(20547,20553) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20547 and 20553, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20547 and 20553.

How to find the GCF of 20547 and 20553?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20547 and 20553. After we will calculate the factors of 20547 and 20553 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20547

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

20547 = 3³ × 761¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20553

Prime factors of 20553 are 3, 13, 17, 31. Prime factorization of 20553 in exponential form is:

20553 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 17¹ × 31¹

Step-3: Factors of 20547

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 20553

List of positive integer factors of 20553 that divides 20547 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 17, 31, 39, 51, 93, 221, 403, 527, 663, 1209, 1581, 6851

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20547 and 20553. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20547 and 20553 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 20547 and 20553