What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21205 and 21210?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21205 and 21210 is 5.

GCF(21205,21210) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21205 and 21210, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21205 and 21210.

How to find the GCF of 21205 and 21210?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21205 and 21210. After we will calculate the factors of 21205 and 21210 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21205

Prime factors of 21205 are 5, 4241. Prime factorization of 21205 in exponential form is:

21205 = 5¹ × 4241¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21210

Prime factors of 21210 are 2, 3, 5, 7, 101. Prime factorization of 21210 in exponential form is:

21210 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 21205

List of positive integer factors of 21205 that divides 21205 without a remainder.

1, 5, 4241

Step-4: Factors of 21210

List of positive integer factors of 21210 that divides 21205 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 14, 15, 21, 30, 35, 42, 70, 101, 105, 202, 210, 303, 505, 606, 707, 1010, 1414, 1515, 2121, 3030, 3535, 4242, 7070, 10605

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21205 and 21210. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21205 and 21210 is 5.

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