What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21548 and 21555?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21548 and 21555 is 1.

GCF(21548,21555) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21548 and 21555, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21548 and 21555.

How to find the GCF of 21548 and 21555?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21548 and 21555. After we will calculate the factors of 21548 and 21555 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21548

Prime factors of 21548 are 2, 5387. Prime factorization of 21548 in exponential form is:

21548 = 2² × 5387¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21555

Prime factors of 21555 are 3, 5, 479. Prime factorization of 21555 in exponential form is:

21555 = 3² × 5¹ × 479¹

Step-3: Factors of 21548

List of positive integer factors of 21548 that divides 21548 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5387, 10774

Step-4: Factors of 21555

List of positive integer factors of 21555 that divides 21548 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 479, 1437, 2395, 4311, 7185

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21548 and 21555. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21548 and 21555 is 1.

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