What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21196 and 21215?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21196 and 21215 is 1.

GCF(21196,21215) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21196 and 21215, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21196 and 21215.

How to find the GCF of 21196 and 21215?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21196 and 21215. After we will calculate the factors of 21196 and 21215 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21196

Prime factors of 21196 are 2, 7, 757. Prime factorization of 21196 in exponential form is:

21196 = 2² × 7¹ × 757¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21215

Prime factors of 21215 are 5, 4243. Prime factorization of 21215 in exponential form is:

21215 = 5¹ × 4243¹

Step-3: Factors of 21196

List of positive integer factors of 21196 that divides 21196 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 757, 1514, 3028, 5299, 10598

Step-4: Factors of 21215

List of positive integer factors of 21215 that divides 21196 without a remainder.

1, 5, 4243

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21196 and 21215. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21196 and 21215 is 1.

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