What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21158 and 21178?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21158 and 21178 is 2.

GCF(21158,21178) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21158 and 21178, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21158 and 21178.

How to find the GCF of 21158 and 21178?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21158 and 21178. After we will calculate the factors of 21158 and 21178 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21158

Prime factors of 21158 are 2, 71, 149. Prime factorization of 21158 in exponential form is:

21158 = 2¹ × 71¹ × 149¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21178

Prime factors of 21178 are 2, 10589. Prime factorization of 21178 in exponential form is:

21178 = 2¹ × 10589¹

Step-3: Factors of 21158

List of positive integer factors of 21158 that divides 21158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 71, 142, 149, 298, 10579

Step-4: Factors of 21178

List of positive integer factors of 21178 that divides 21158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 10589

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21158 and 21178. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21158 and 21178 is 2.

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