What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20812 and 20818?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20812 and 20818 is 2.

GCF(20812,20818) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20812 and 20818, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20812 and 20818.

How to find the GCF of 20812 and 20818?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20812 and 20818. After we will calculate the factors of 20812 and 20818 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20812

Prime factors of 20812 are 2, 11, 43. Prime factorization of 20812 in exponential form is:

20812 = 2² × 11² × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20818

Prime factors of 20818 are 2, 7, 1487. Prime factorization of 20818 in exponential form is:

20818 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 1487¹

Step-3: Factors of 20812

List of positive integer factors of 20812 that divides 20812 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 43, 44, 86, 121, 172, 242, 473, 484, 946, 1892, 5203, 10406

Step-4: Factors of 20818

List of positive integer factors of 20818 that divides 20812 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 1487, 2974, 10409

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20812 and 20818. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20812 and 20818 is 2.

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