What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20548 and 20557?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20548 and 20557 is 1.

GCF(20548,20557) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20548 and 20557, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20548 and 20557.

How to find the GCF of 20548 and 20557?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20548 and 20557. After we will calculate the factors of 20548 and 20557 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20548

Prime factors of 20548 are 2, 11, 467. Prime factorization of 20548 in exponential form is:

20548 = 2² × 11¹ × 467¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20557

Prime factors of 20557 are 61, 337. Prime factorization of 20557 in exponential form is:

20557 = 61¹ × 337¹

Step-3: Factors of 20548

List of positive integer factors of 20548 that divides 20548 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 467, 934, 1868, 5137, 10274

Step-4: Factors of 20557

List of positive integer factors of 20557 that divides 20548 without a remainder.

1, 61, 337

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20548 and 20557. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20548 and 20557 is 1.

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