What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20794 and 20800?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20794 and 20800 is 2.

GCF(20794,20800) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20794 and 20800, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20794 and 20800.

How to find the GCF of 20794 and 20800?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20794 and 20800. After we will calculate the factors of 20794 and 20800 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20794

Prime factors of 20794 are 2, 37, 281. Prime factorization of 20794 in exponential form is:

20794 = 2¹ × 37¹ × 281¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20800

Prime factors of 20800 are 2, 5, 13. Prime factorization of 20800 in exponential form is:

20800 = 2⁶ × 5² × 13¹

Step-3: Factors of 20794

List of positive integer factors of 20794 that divides 20794 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 281, 562, 10397

Step-4: Factors of 20800

List of positive integer factors of 20800 that divides 20794 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 16, 20, 25, 26, 32, 40, 50, 52, 64, 65, 80, 100, 104, 130, 160, 200, 208, 260, 320, 325, 400, 416, 520, 650, 800, 832, 1040, 1300, 1600, 2080, 2600, 4160, 5200, 10400

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20794 and 20800. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20794 and 20800 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 20794 and 20800