What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20717 and 20727?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20717 and 20727 is 1.

GCF(20717,20727) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20717 and 20727, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20717 and 20727.

How to find the GCF of 20717 and 20727?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20717 and 20727. After we will calculate the factors of 20717 and 20727 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20717

Prime factors of 20717 are 20717. Prime factorization of 20717 in exponential form is:

20717 = 20717¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20727

Prime factors of 20727 are 3, 7, 47. Prime factorization of 20727 in exponential form is:

20727 = 3² × 7² × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 20717

List of positive integer factors of 20717 that divides 20717 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 20727

List of positive integer factors of 20727 that divides 20717 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 47, 49, 63, 141, 147, 329, 423, 441, 987, 2303, 2961, 6909

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20717 and 20727. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20717 and 20727 is 1.

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