What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21356 and 21371?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21356 and 21371 is 1.

GCF(21356,21371) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21356 and 21371, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21356 and 21371.

How to find the GCF of 21356 and 21371?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21356 and 21371. After we will calculate the factors of 21356 and 21371 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21356

Prime factors of 21356 are 2, 19, 281. Prime factorization of 21356 in exponential form is:

21356 = 2² × 19¹ × 281¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21371

Prime factors of 21371 are 7, 43, 71. Prime factorization of 21371 in exponential form is:

21371 = 7¹ × 43¹ × 71¹

Step-3: Factors of 21356

List of positive integer factors of 21356 that divides 21356 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 76, 281, 562, 1124, 5339, 10678

Step-4: Factors of 21371

List of positive integer factors of 21371 that divides 21356 without a remainder.

1, 7, 43, 71, 301, 497, 3053

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21356 and 21371. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21356 and 21371 is 1.

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