What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20826 and 20836?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20826 and 20836 is 2.

GCF(20826,20836) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20826 and 20836, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20826 and 20836.

How to find the GCF of 20826 and 20836?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20826 and 20836. After we will calculate the factors of 20826 and 20836 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 20836

Prime factors of 20836 are 2, 5209. Prime factorization of 20836 in exponential form is:

20836 = 2² × 5209¹

Step-3: Factors of 20826

List of positive integer factors of 20826 that divides 20826 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

Step-4: Factors of 20836

List of positive integer factors of 20836 that divides 20826 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5209, 10418

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20826 and 20836. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20826 and 20836 is 2.

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