What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21502 and 21518?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21502 and 21518 is 2.

GCF(21502,21518) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21502 and 21518, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21502 and 21518.

How to find the GCF of 21502 and 21518?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21502 and 21518. After we will calculate the factors of 21502 and 21518 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21502

Prime factors of 21502 are 2, 13, 827. Prime factorization of 21502 in exponential form is:

21502 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 827¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21518

Prime factors of 21518 are 2, 7, 29, 53. Prime factorization of 21518 in exponential form is:

21518 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 29¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 21502

List of positive integer factors of 21502 that divides 21502 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 827, 1654, 10751

Step-4: Factors of 21518

List of positive integer factors of 21518 that divides 21502 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 29, 53, 58, 106, 203, 371, 406, 742, 1537, 3074, 10759

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21502 and 21518. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21502 and 21518 is 2.

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