What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21032 and 21046?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21032 and 21046 is 2.

GCF(21032,21046) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21032 and 21046, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21032 and 21046.

How to find the GCF of 21032 and 21046?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21032 and 21046. After we will calculate the factors of 21032 and 21046 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21032

Prime factors of 21032 are 2, 11, 239. Prime factorization of 21032 in exponential form is:

21032 = 2³ × 11¹ × 239¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21046

Prime factors of 21046 are 2, 17, 619. Prime factorization of 21046 in exponential form is:

21046 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 619¹

Step-3: Factors of 21032

List of positive integer factors of 21032 that divides 21032 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44, 88, 239, 478, 956, 1912, 2629, 5258, 10516

Step-4: Factors of 21046

List of positive integer factors of 21046 that divides 21032 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 619, 1238, 10523

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21032 and 21046. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21032 and 21046 is 2.

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