What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21508 and 21516?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21508 and 21516 is 4.

GCF(21508,21516) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21508 and 21516, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21508 and 21516.

How to find the GCF of 21508 and 21516?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21508 and 21516. After we will calculate the factors of 21508 and 21516 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 21516

Prime factors of 21516 are 2, 3, 11, 163. Prime factorization of 21516 in exponential form is:

21516 = 2² × 3¹ × 11¹ × 163¹

Step-3: Factors of 21508

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 21516

List of positive integer factors of 21516 that divides 21508 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 22, 33, 44, 66, 132, 163, 326, 489, 652, 978, 1793, 1956, 3586, 5379, 7172, 10758

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21508 and 21516. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21508 and 21516 is 4.

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