What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21496 and 21508?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21496 and 21508 is 4.

GCF(21496,21508) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21496 and 21508, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21496 and 21508.

How to find the GCF of 21496 and 21508?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21496 and 21508. After we will calculate the factors of 21496 and 21508 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21496

Prime factors of 21496 are 2, 2687. Prime factorization of 21496 in exponential form is:

21496 = 2³ × 2687¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21508

Prime factors of 21508 are 2, 19, 283. Prime factorization of 21508 in exponential form is:

21508 = 2² × 19¹ × 283¹

Step-3: Factors of 21496

List of positive integer factors of 21496 that divides 21496 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 2687, 5374, 10748

Step-4: Factors of 21508

List of positive integer factors of 21508 that divides 21496 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 76, 283, 566, 1132, 5377, 10754

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21496 and 21508. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21496 and 21508 is 4.

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