What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21551 and 21571?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21551 and 21571 is 1.

GCF(21551,21571) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21551 and 21571, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21551 and 21571.

How to find the GCF of 21551 and 21571?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21551 and 21571. After we will calculate the factors of 21551 and 21571 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21551

Prime factors of 21551 are 23, 937. Prime factorization of 21551 in exponential form is:

21551 = 23¹ × 937¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21571

Prime factors of 21571 are 11, 37, 53. Prime factorization of 21571 in exponential form is:

21571 = 11¹ × 37¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 21551

List of positive integer factors of 21551 that divides 21551 without a remainder.

1, 23, 937

Step-4: Factors of 21571

List of positive integer factors of 21571 that divides 21551 without a remainder.

1, 11, 37, 53, 407, 583, 1961

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21551 and 21571. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21551 and 21571 is 1.

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