What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21527 and 21536?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21527 and 21536 is 1.

GCF(21527,21536) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21527 and 21536, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21527 and 21536.

How to find the GCF of 21527 and 21536?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21527 and 21536. After we will calculate the factors of 21527 and 21536 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21527

Prime factors of 21527 are 11, 19, 103. Prime factorization of 21527 in exponential form is:

21527 = 11¹ × 19¹ × 103¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21536

Prime factors of 21536 are 2, 673. Prime factorization of 21536 in exponential form is:

21536 = 2⁵ × 673¹

Step-3: Factors of 21527

List of positive integer factors of 21527 that divides 21527 without a remainder.

1, 11, 19, 103, 209, 1133, 1957

Step-4: Factors of 21536

List of positive integer factors of 21536 that divides 21527 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 673, 1346, 2692, 5384, 10768

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21527 and 21536. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21527 and 21536 is 1.

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