What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21424 and 21436?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21424 and 21436 is 4.

GCF(21424,21436) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21424 and 21436, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21424 and 21436.

How to find the GCF of 21424 and 21436?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21424 and 21436. After we will calculate the factors of 21424 and 21436 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21424

Prime factors of 21424 are 2, 13, 103. Prime factorization of 21424 in exponential form is:

21424 = 2⁴ × 13¹ × 103¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21436

Prime factors of 21436 are 2, 23, 233. Prime factorization of 21436 in exponential form is:

21436 = 2² × 23¹ × 233¹

Step-3: Factors of 21424

List of positive integer factors of 21424 that divides 21424 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 16, 26, 52, 103, 104, 206, 208, 412, 824, 1339, 1648, 2678, 5356, 10712

Step-4: Factors of 21436

List of positive integer factors of 21436 that divides 21424 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 46, 92, 233, 466, 932, 5359, 10718

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21424 and 21436. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21424 and 21436 is 4.

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