What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21430 and 21438?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21430 and 21438 is 2.

GCF(21430,21438) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21430 and 21438, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21430 and 21438.

How to find the GCF of 21430 and 21438?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21430 and 21438. After we will calculate the factors of 21430 and 21438 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21430

Prime factors of 21430 are 2, 5, 2143. Prime factorization of 21430 in exponential form is:

21430 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 2143¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21438

Prime factors of 21438 are 2, 3, 397. Prime factorization of 21438 in exponential form is:

21438 = 2¹ × 3³ × 397¹

Step-3: Factors of 21430

List of positive integer factors of 21430 that divides 21430 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 2143, 4286, 10715

Step-4: Factors of 21438

List of positive integer factors of 21438 that divides 21430 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 397, 794, 1191, 2382, 3573, 7146, 10719

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21430 and 21438. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21430 and 21438 is 2.

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