Greatest Common Factor of 20 and 469
GCF(20, 469) = 1, Greatest common factor of 20 and 469 is 1. Greatest Common Factor or Greatest Common Divisor of two numbers is the largest integer by which both the numbers can be divided. There are two different methods to calculate Greatest Common Factor of 20 and 469. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 20 and 469 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 20 and 469.
Prime Factorization of 20 is 1, 2, 2, 5 and Prime Factorization of 469 is 1, 7, 67.
- Factorize\( (20) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 5\)
- Factorize\( (469) = \) \(1\times 7\times 67\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 1) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(20, 469) = 1\times 1 = 1\).
Greatest Common Factor of 20 and 469 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 20 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20
List of positive integers factors of 469 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 7, 67, 469
As you can see, 1 is the greatest and common number that 20 and 469 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 20 and 469 is 1.
\(GCF(20, 469) = 1\).
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