What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21539 and 21552?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21539 and 21552 is 1.

GCF(21539,21552) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21539 and 21552, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21539 and 21552.

How to find the GCF of 21539 and 21552?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21539 and 21552. After we will calculate the factors of 21539 and 21552 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21539

Prime factors of 21539 are 7, 17, 181. Prime factorization of 21539 in exponential form is:

21539 = 7¹ × 17¹ × 181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21552

Prime factors of 21552 are 2, 3, 449. Prime factorization of 21552 in exponential form is:

21552 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 449¹

Step-3: Factors of 21539

List of positive integer factors of 21539 that divides 21539 without a remainder.

1, 7, 17, 119, 181, 1267, 3077

Step-4: Factors of 21552

List of positive integer factors of 21552 that divides 21539 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 449, 898, 1347, 1796, 2694, 3592, 5388, 7184, 10776

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21539 and 21552. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21539 and 21552 is 1.

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