What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21526 and 21530?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21526 and 21530 is 2.

GCF(21526,21530) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21526 and 21530, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21526 and 21530.

How to find the GCF of 21526 and 21530?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21526 and 21530. After we will calculate the factors of 21526 and 21530 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21526

Prime factors of 21526 are 2, 47, 229. Prime factorization of 21526 in exponential form is:

21526 = 2¹ × 47¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21530

Prime factors of 21530 are 2, 5, 2153. Prime factorization of 21530 in exponential form is:

21530 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 2153¹

Step-3: Factors of 21526

List of positive integer factors of 21526 that divides 21526 without a remainder.

1, 2, 47, 94, 229, 458, 10763

Step-4: Factors of 21530

List of positive integer factors of 21530 that divides 21526 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 2153, 4306, 10765

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21526 and 21530. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21526 and 21530 is 2.

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