What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20837 and 20845?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20837 and 20845 is 1.

GCF(20837,20845) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20837 and 20845, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20837 and 20845.

How to find the GCF of 20837 and 20845?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20837 and 20845. After we will calculate the factors of 20837 and 20845 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 20845

Prime factors of 20845 are 5, 11, 379. Prime factorization of 20845 in exponential form is:

20845 = 5¹ × 11¹ × 379¹

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 20845

List of positive integer factors of 20845 that divides 20837 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11, 55, 379, 1895, 4169

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20837 and 20845. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20837 and 20845 is 1.

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