What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20559 and 20574?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20559 and 20574 is 3.

GCF(20559,20574) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20559 and 20574, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20559 and 20574.

How to find the GCF of 20559 and 20574?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20559 and 20574. After we will calculate the factors of 20559 and 20574 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20559

Prime factors of 20559 are 3, 7, 11, 89. Prime factorization of 20559 in exponential form is:

20559 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 89¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20574

Prime factors of 20574 are 2, 3, 127. Prime factorization of 20574 in exponential form is:

20574 = 2¹ × 3⁴ × 127¹

Step-3: Factors of 20559

List of positive integer factors of 20559 that divides 20559 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 11, 21, 33, 77, 89, 231, 267, 623, 979, 1869, 2937, 6853

Step-4: Factors of 20574

List of positive integer factors of 20574 that divides 20559 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 81, 127, 162, 254, 381, 762, 1143, 2286, 3429, 6858, 10287

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20559 and 20574. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20559 and 20574 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 20559 and 20574