What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20744 and 20761?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20744 and 20761 is 1.

GCF(20744,20761) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20744 and 20761, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20744 and 20761.

How to find the GCF of 20744 and 20761?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20744 and 20761. After we will calculate the factors of 20744 and 20761 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20744

Prime factors of 20744 are 2, 2593. Prime factorization of 20744 in exponential form is:

20744 = 2³ × 2593¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20761

Prime factors of 20761 are 13, 1597. Prime factorization of 20761 in exponential form is:

20761 = 13¹ × 1597¹

Step-3: Factors of 20744

List of positive integer factors of 20744 that divides 20744 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 2593, 5186, 10372

Step-4: Factors of 20761

List of positive integer factors of 20761 that divides 20744 without a remainder.

1, 13, 1597

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20744 and 20761. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20744 and 20761 is 1.

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