What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21559 and 21566?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21559 and 21566 is 1.

GCF(21559,21566) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21559 and 21566, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21559 and 21566.

How to find the GCF of 21559 and 21566?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21559 and 21566. After we will calculate the factors of 21559 and 21566 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21559

Prime factors of 21559 are 21559. Prime factorization of 21559 in exponential form is:

21559 = 21559¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21566

Prime factors of 21566 are 2, 41, 263. Prime factorization of 21566 in exponential form is:

21566 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 263¹

Step-3: Factors of 21559

List of positive integer factors of 21559 that divides 21559 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 21566

List of positive integer factors of 21566 that divides 21559 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 263, 526, 10783

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21559 and 21566. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21559 and 21566 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 21559 and 21566