What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21074 and 21086?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21074 and 21086 is 2.

GCF(21074,21086) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21074 and 21086, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21074 and 21086.

How to find the GCF of 21074 and 21086?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21074 and 21086. After we will calculate the factors of 21074 and 21086 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21074

Prime factors of 21074 are 2, 41, 257. Prime factorization of 21074 in exponential form is:

21074 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 257¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21086

Prime factors of 21086 are 2, 13, 811. Prime factorization of 21086 in exponential form is:

21086 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 811¹

Step-3: Factors of 21074

List of positive integer factors of 21074 that divides 21074 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 257, 514, 10537

Step-4: Factors of 21086

List of positive integer factors of 21086 that divides 21074 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 811, 1622, 10543

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21074 and 21086. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21074 and 21086 is 2.

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