What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21454 and 21458?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21454 and 21458 is 2.

GCF(21454,21458) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21454 and 21458, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21454 and 21458.

How to find the GCF of 21454 and 21458?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21454 and 21458. After we will calculate the factors of 21454 and 21458 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21454

Prime factors of 21454 are 2, 17, 631. Prime factorization of 21454 in exponential form is:

21454 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 631¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21458

Prime factors of 21458 are 2, 10729. Prime factorization of 21458 in exponential form is:

21458 = 2¹ × 10729¹

Step-3: Factors of 21454

List of positive integer factors of 21454 that divides 21454 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 631, 1262, 10727

Step-4: Factors of 21458

List of positive integer factors of 21458 that divides 21454 without a remainder.

1, 2, 10729

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21454 and 21458. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21454 and 21458 is 2.

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