What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20981 and 21000?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20981 and 21000 is 1.

GCF(20981,21000) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20981 and 21000, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20981 and 21000.

How to find the GCF of 20981 and 21000?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20981 and 21000. After we will calculate the factors of 20981 and 21000 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20981

Prime factors of 20981 are 20981. Prime factorization of 20981 in exponential form is:

20981 = 20981¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21000

Prime factors of 21000 are 2, 3, 5, 7. Prime factorization of 21000 in exponential form is:

21000 = 2³ × 3¹ × 5³ × 7¹

Step-3: Factors of 20981

List of positive integer factors of 20981 that divides 20981 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 21000

List of positive integer factors of 21000 that divides 20981 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 20, 21, 24, 25, 28, 30, 35, 40, 42, 50, 56, 60, 70, 75, 84, 100, 105, 120, 125, 140, 150, 168, 175, 200, 210, 250, 280, 300, 350, 375, 420, 500, 525, 600, 700, 750, 840, 875, 1000, 1050, 1400, 1500, 1750, 2100, 2625, 3000, 3500, 4200, 5250, 7000, 10500

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20981 and 21000. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20981 and 21000 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 20981 and 21000