What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21432 and 21437?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21432 and 21437 is 1.

GCF(21432,21437) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21432 and 21437, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21432 and 21437.

How to find the GCF of 21432 and 21437?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21432 and 21437. After we will calculate the factors of 21432 and 21437 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21432

Prime factors of 21432 are 2, 3, 19, 47. Prime factorization of 21432 in exponential form is:

21432 = 2³ × 3¹ × 19¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21437

Prime factors of 21437 are 13, 17, 97. Prime factorization of 21437 in exponential form is:

21437 = 13¹ × 17¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 21432

List of positive integer factors of 21432 that divides 21432 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 19, 24, 38, 47, 57, 76, 94, 114, 141, 152, 188, 228, 282, 376, 456, 564, 893, 1128, 1786, 2679, 3572, 5358, 7144, 10716

Step-4: Factors of 21437

List of positive integer factors of 21437 that divides 21432 without a remainder.

1, 13, 17, 97, 221, 1261, 1649

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21432 and 21437. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21432 and 21437 is 1.

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