What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20879 and 20889?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20879 and 20889 is 1.

GCF(20879,20889) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20879 and 20889, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20879 and 20889.

How to find the GCF of 20879 and 20889?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20879 and 20889. After we will calculate the factors of 20879 and 20889 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20879

Prime factors of 20879 are 20879. Prime factorization of 20879 in exponential form is:

20879 = 20879¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20889

Prime factors of 20889 are 3, 11, 211. Prime factorization of 20889 in exponential form is:

20889 = 3² × 11¹ × 211¹

Step-3: Factors of 20879

List of positive integer factors of 20879 that divides 20879 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 20889

List of positive integer factors of 20889 that divides 20879 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 33, 99, 211, 633, 1899, 2321, 6963

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20879 and 20889. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20879 and 20889 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 20879 and 20889