What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21356 and 21372?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21356 and 21372 is 4.

GCF(21356,21372) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21356 and 21372, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21356 and 21372.

How to find the GCF of 21356 and 21372?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21356 and 21372. After we will calculate the factors of 21356 and 21372 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 21372

Prime factors of 21372 are 2, 3, 13, 137. Prime factorization of 21372 in exponential form is:

21372 = 2² × 3¹ × 13¹ × 137¹

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 21372

List of positive integer factors of 21372 that divides 21356 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 26, 39, 52, 78, 137, 156, 274, 411, 548, 822, 1644, 1781, 3562, 5343, 7124, 10686

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21356 and 21372. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21356 and 21372 is 4.

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