What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20863 and 20871?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20863 and 20871 is 1.

GCF(20863,20871) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20863 and 20871, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20863 and 20871.

How to find the GCF of 20863 and 20871?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20863 and 20871. After we will calculate the factors of 20863 and 20871 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20863

Prime factors of 20863 are 31, 673. Prime factorization of 20863 in exponential form is:

20863 = 31¹ × 673¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20871

Prime factors of 20871 are 3, 773. Prime factorization of 20871 in exponential form is:

20871 = 3³ × 773¹

Step-3: Factors of 20863

List of positive integer factors of 20863 that divides 20863 without a remainder.

1, 31, 673

Step-4: Factors of 20871

List of positive integer factors of 20871 that divides 20863 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 773, 2319, 6957

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20863 and 20871. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20863 and 20871 is 1.

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