What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20572 and 20576?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20572 and 20576 is 4.

GCF(20572,20576) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20572 and 20576, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20572 and 20576.

How to find the GCF of 20572 and 20576?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20572 and 20576. After we will calculate the factors of 20572 and 20576 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20572

Prime factors of 20572 are 2, 37, 139. Prime factorization of 20572 in exponential form is:

20572 = 2² × 37¹ × 139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20576

Prime factors of 20576 are 2, 643. Prime factorization of 20576 in exponential form is:

20576 = 2⁵ × 643¹

Step-3: Factors of 20572

List of positive integer factors of 20572 that divides 20572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 37, 74, 139, 148, 278, 556, 5143, 10286

Step-4: Factors of 20576

List of positive integer factors of 20576 that divides 20572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 643, 1286, 2572, 5144, 10288

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20572 and 20576. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20572 and 20576 is 4.

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