What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21602 and 21620?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21602 and 21620 is 2.

GCF(21602,21620) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21602 and 21620, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21602 and 21620.

How to find the GCF of 21602 and 21620?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21602 and 21620. After we will calculate the factors of 21602 and 21620 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21602

Prime factors of 21602 are 2, 7, 1543. Prime factorization of 21602 in exponential form is:

21602 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 1543¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21620

Prime factors of 21620 are 2, 5, 23, 47. Prime factorization of 21620 in exponential form is:

21620 = 2² × 5¹ × 23¹ × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 21602

List of positive integer factors of 21602 that divides 21602 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 1543, 3086, 10801

Step-4: Factors of 21620

List of positive integer factors of 21620 that divides 21602 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 23, 46, 47, 92, 94, 115, 188, 230, 235, 460, 470, 940, 1081, 2162, 4324, 5405, 10810

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21602 and 21620. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21602 and 21620 is 2.

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