What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21471 and 21475?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21471 and 21475 is 1.

GCF(21471,21475) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21471 and 21475, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21471 and 21475.

How to find the GCF of 21471 and 21475?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21471 and 21475. After we will calculate the factors of 21471 and 21475 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21471

Prime factors of 21471 are 3, 17, 421. Prime factorization of 21471 in exponential form is:

21471 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 421¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21475

Prime factors of 21475 are 5, 859. Prime factorization of 21475 in exponential form is:

21475 = 5² × 859¹

Step-3: Factors of 21471

List of positive integer factors of 21471 that divides 21471 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 421, 1263, 7157

Step-4: Factors of 21475

List of positive integer factors of 21475 that divides 21471 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 859, 4295

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21471 and 21475. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21471 and 21475 is 1.

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