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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20851 and 20856?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20851 and 20856 is 1.

GCF(20851,20856) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20851 and 20856, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20851 and 20856.

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How to find the GCF of 20851 and 20856?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20851 and 20856. After we will calculate the factors of 20851 and 20856 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20851

Prime factors of 20851 are 29, 719. Prime factorization of 20851 in exponential form is:

20851 = 291 × 7191

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20856

Prime factors of 20856 are 2, 3, 11, 79. Prime factorization of 20856 in exponential form is:

20856 = 23 × 31 × 111 × 791

Step-3: Factors of 20851

List of positive integer factors of 20851 that divides 20851 without a remainder.

1, 29, 719

Step-4: Factors of 20856

List of positive integer factors of 20856 that divides 20851 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 22, 24, 33, 44, 66, 79, 88, 132, 158, 237, 264, 316, 474, 632, 869, 948, 1738, 1896, 2607, 3476, 5214, 6952, 10428

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20851 and 20856. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20851 and 20856 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 20851 and 20856