What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21062 and 21068?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21062 and 21068 is 2.

GCF(21062,21068) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21062 and 21068, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21062 and 21068.

How to find the GCF of 21062 and 21068?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21062 and 21068. After we will calculate the factors of 21062 and 21068 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21062

Prime factors of 21062 are 2, 10531. Prime factorization of 21062 in exponential form is:

21062 = 2¹ × 10531¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21068

Prime factors of 21068 are 2, 23, 229. Prime factorization of 21068 in exponential form is:

21068 = 2² × 23¹ × 229¹

Step-3: Factors of 21062

List of positive integer factors of 21062 that divides 21062 without a remainder.

1, 2, 10531

Step-4: Factors of 21068

List of positive integer factors of 21068 that divides 21062 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 46, 92, 229, 458, 916, 5267, 10534

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21062 and 21068. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21062 and 21068 is 2.

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