What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20837 and 20842?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20837 and 20842 is 1.

GCF(20837,20842) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20837 and 20842, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20837 and 20842.

How to find the GCF of 20837 and 20842?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20837 and 20842. After we will calculate the factors of 20837 and 20842 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20837

Prime factors of 20837 are 67, 311. Prime factorization of 20837 in exponential form is:

20837 = 67¹ × 311¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20842

Prime factors of 20842 are 2, 17, 613. Prime factorization of 20842 in exponential form is:

20842 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 613¹

Step-3: Factors of 20837

List of positive integer factors of 20837 that divides 20837 without a remainder.

1, 67, 311

Step-4: Factors of 20842

List of positive integer factors of 20842 that divides 20837 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 613, 1226, 10421

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20837 and 20842. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20837 and 20842 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 20837 and 20842