What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20891 and 20898?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20891 and 20898 is 1.

GCF(20891,20898) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20891 and 20898, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20891 and 20898.

How to find the GCF of 20891 and 20898?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20891 and 20898. After we will calculate the factors of 20891 and 20898 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20891

Prime factors of 20891 are 13, 1607. Prime factorization of 20891 in exponential form is:

20891 = 13¹ × 1607¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20898

Prime factors of 20898 are 2, 3, 43. Prime factorization of 20898 in exponential form is:

20898 = 2¹ × 3⁵ × 43¹

Step-3: Factors of 20891

List of positive integer factors of 20891 that divides 20891 without a remainder.

1, 13, 1607

Step-4: Factors of 20898

List of positive integer factors of 20898 that divides 20891 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 43, 54, 81, 86, 129, 162, 243, 258, 387, 486, 774, 1161, 2322, 3483, 6966, 10449

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20891 and 20898. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20891 and 20898 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 20891 and 20898