What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20843 and 20855?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20843 and 20855 is 1.

GCF(20843,20855) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20843 and 20855, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20843 and 20855.

How to find the GCF of 20843 and 20855?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20843 and 20855. After we will calculate the factors of 20843 and 20855 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20843

Prime factors of 20843 are 19, 1097. Prime factorization of 20843 in exponential form is:

20843 = 19¹ × 1097¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20855

Prime factors of 20855 are 5, 43, 97. Prime factorization of 20855 in exponential form is:

20855 = 5¹ × 43¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 20843

List of positive integer factors of 20843 that divides 20843 without a remainder.

1, 19, 1097

Step-4: Factors of 20855

List of positive integer factors of 20855 that divides 20843 without a remainder.

1, 5, 43, 97, 215, 485, 4171

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20843 and 20855. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20843 and 20855 is 1.

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