What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20818 and 20826?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20818 and 20826 is 2.

GCF(20818,20826) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20818 and 20826, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20818 and 20826.

How to find the GCF of 20818 and 20826?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20818 and 20826. After we will calculate the factors of 20818 and 20826 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 20826

Prime factors of 20826 are 2, 3, 13, 89. Prime factorization of 20826 in exponential form is:

20826 = 2¹ × 3² × 13¹ × 89¹

Step-3: Factors of 20818

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 20826

List of positive integer factors of 20826 that divides 20818 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 13, 18, 26, 39, 78, 89, 117, 178, 234, 267, 534, 801, 1157, 1602, 2314, 3471, 6942, 10413

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20818 and 20826. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20818 and 20826 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 20818 and 20826