What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20856 and 20875?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20856 and 20875 is 1.

GCF(20856,20875) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20856 and 20875, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20856 and 20875.

How to find the GCF of 20856 and 20875?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20856 and 20875. After we will calculate the factors of 20856 and 20875 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 20875

Prime factors of 20875 are 5, 167. Prime factorization of 20875 in exponential form is:

20875 = 5³ × 167¹

Step-3: Factors of 20856

List of positive integer factors of 20856 that divides 20856 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

Step-4: Factors of 20875

List of positive integer factors of 20875 that divides 20856 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 125, 167, 835, 4175

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20856 and 20875. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20856 and 20875 is 1.

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