What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20712 and 20718?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20712 and 20718 is 6.

GCF(20712,20718) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20712 and 20718, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20712 and 20718.

How to find the GCF of 20712 and 20718?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20712 and 20718. After we will calculate the factors of 20712 and 20718 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20712

Prime factors of 20712 are 2, 3, 863. Prime factorization of 20712 in exponential form is:

20712 = 2³ × 3¹ × 863¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20718

Prime factors of 20718 are 2, 3, 1151. Prime factorization of 20718 in exponential form is:

20718 = 2¹ × 3² × 1151¹

Step-3: Factors of 20712

List of positive integer factors of 20712 that divides 20712 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 863, 1726, 2589, 3452, 5178, 6904, 10356

Step-4: Factors of 20718

List of positive integer factors of 20718 that divides 20712 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 1151, 2302, 3453, 6906, 10359

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20712 and 20718. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20712 and 20718 is 6.

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