What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21597 and 21604?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21597 and 21604 is 1.

GCF(21597,21604) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21597 and 21604, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21597 and 21604.

How to find the GCF of 21597 and 21604?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21597 and 21604. After we will calculate the factors of 21597 and 21604 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21597

Prime factors of 21597 are 3, 23, 313. Prime factorization of 21597 in exponential form is:

21597 = 3¹ × 23¹ × 313¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21604

Prime factors of 21604 are 2, 11, 491. Prime factorization of 21604 in exponential form is:

21604 = 2² × 11¹ × 491¹

Step-3: Factors of 21597

List of positive integer factors of 21597 that divides 21597 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 69, 313, 939, 7199

Step-4: Factors of 21604

List of positive integer factors of 21604 that divides 21597 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 491, 982, 1964, 5401, 10802

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21597 and 21604. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21597 and 21604 is 1.

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