What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21392 and 21396?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21392 and 21396 is 4.

GCF(21392,21396) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21392 and 21396, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21392 and 21396.

How to find the GCF of 21392 and 21396?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21392 and 21396. After we will calculate the factors of 21392 and 21396 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21392

Prime factors of 21392 are 2, 7, 191. Prime factorization of 21392 in exponential form is:

21392 = 2⁴ × 7¹ × 191¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21396

Prime factors of 21396 are 2, 3, 1783. Prime factorization of 21396 in exponential form is:

21396 = 2² × 3¹ × 1783¹

Step-3: Factors of 21392

List of positive integer factors of 21392 that divides 21392 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 56, 112, 191, 382, 764, 1337, 1528, 2674, 3056, 5348, 10696

Step-4: Factors of 21396

List of positive integer factors of 21396 that divides 21392 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1783, 3566, 5349, 7132, 10698

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21392 and 21396. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21392 and 21396 is 4.

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