What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21437 and 21441?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21437 and 21441 is 1.

GCF(21437,21441) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21437 and 21441, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21437 and 21441.

How to find the GCF of 21437 and 21441?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21437 and 21441. After we will calculate the factors of 21437 and 21441 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 21441

Prime factors of 21441 are 3, 7, 1021. Prime factorization of 21441 in exponential form is:

21441 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 1021¹

Step-3: Factors of 21437

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 21441

List of positive integer factors of 21441 that divides 21437 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 1021, 3063, 7147

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21437 and 21441. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21437 and 21441 is 1.

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