What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20715 and 20733?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20715 and 20733 is 3.

GCF(20715,20733) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20715 and 20733, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20715 and 20733.

How to find the GCF of 20715 and 20733?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20715 and 20733. After we will calculate the factors of 20715 and 20733 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20715

Prime factors of 20715 are 3, 5, 1381. Prime factorization of 20715 in exponential form is:

20715 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 1381¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20733

Prime factors of 20733 are 3, 6911. Prime factorization of 20733 in exponential form is:

20733 = 3¹ × 6911¹

Step-3: Factors of 20715

List of positive integer factors of 20715 that divides 20715 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 1381, 4143, 6905

Step-4: Factors of 20733

List of positive integer factors of 20733 that divides 20715 without a remainder.

1, 3, 6911

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20715 and 20733. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20715 and 20733 is 3.

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