What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21471 and 21486?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21471 and 21486 is 3.

GCF(21471,21486) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21471 and 21486, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21471 and 21486.

How to find the GCF of 21471 and 21486?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21471 and 21486. After we will calculate the factors of 21471 and 21486 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 21486

Prime factors of 21486 are 2, 3, 3581. Prime factorization of 21486 in exponential form is:

21486 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 3581¹

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 21486

List of positive integer factors of 21486 that divides 21471 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 3581, 7162, 10743

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21471 and 21486. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21471 and 21486 is 3.

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