What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20970 and 20977?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20970 and 20977 is 1.

GCF(20970,20977) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20970 and 20977, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20970 and 20977.

How to find the GCF of 20970 and 20977?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20970 and 20977. After we will calculate the factors of 20970 and 20977 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20970

Prime factors of 20970 are 2, 3, 5, 233. Prime factorization of 20970 in exponential form is:

20970 = 2¹ × 3² × 5¹ × 233¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20977

Prime factors of 20977 are 11, 1907. Prime factorization of 20977 in exponential form is:

20977 = 11¹ × 1907¹

Step-3: Factors of 20970

List of positive integer factors of 20970 that divides 20970 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 18, 30, 45, 90, 233, 466, 699, 1165, 1398, 2097, 2330, 3495, 4194, 6990, 10485

Step-4: Factors of 20977

List of positive integer factors of 20977 that divides 20970 without a remainder.

1, 11, 1907

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20970 and 20977. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20970 and 20977 is 1.

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