What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21604 and 21618?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21604 and 21618 is 2.

GCF(21604,21618) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21604 and 21618, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21604 and 21618.

How to find the GCF of 21604 and 21618?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21604 and 21618. After we will calculate the factors of 21604 and 21618 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 21618

Prime factors of 21618 are 2, 3, 1201. Prime factorization of 21618 in exponential form is:

21618 = 2¹ × 3² × 1201¹

Step-3: Factors of 21604

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 21618

List of positive integer factors of 21618 that divides 21604 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 1201, 2402, 3603, 7206, 10809

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21604 and 21618. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21604 and 21618 is 2.

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