What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20868 and 20881?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20868 and 20881 is 1.

GCF(20868,20881) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20868 and 20881, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20868 and 20881.

How to find the GCF of 20868 and 20881?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20868 and 20881. After we will calculate the factors of 20868 and 20881 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20868

Prime factors of 20868 are 2, 3, 37, 47. Prime factorization of 20868 in exponential form is:

20868 = 2² × 3¹ × 37¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20881

Prime factors of 20881 are 7, 19, 157. Prime factorization of 20881 in exponential form is:

20881 = 7¹ × 19¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 20868

List of positive integer factors of 20868 that divides 20868 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 37, 47, 74, 94, 111, 141, 148, 188, 222, 282, 444, 564, 1739, 3478, 5217, 6956, 10434

Step-4: Factors of 20881

List of positive integer factors of 20881 that divides 20868 without a remainder.

1, 7, 19, 133, 157, 1099, 2983

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20868 and 20881. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20868 and 20881 is 1.

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