What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21626 and 21644?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21626 and 21644 is 2.

GCF(21626,21644) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21626 and 21644, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21626 and 21644.

How to find the GCF of 21626 and 21644?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21626 and 21644. After we will calculate the factors of 21626 and 21644 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21626

Prime factors of 21626 are 2, 11, 983. Prime factorization of 21626 in exponential form is:

21626 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 983¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21644

Prime factors of 21644 are 2, 7, 773. Prime factorization of 21644 in exponential form is:

21644 = 2² × 7¹ × 773¹

Step-3: Factors of 21626

List of positive integer factors of 21626 that divides 21626 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 983, 1966, 10813

Step-4: Factors of 21644

List of positive integer factors of 21644 that divides 21626 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 773, 1546, 3092, 5411, 10822

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21626 and 21644. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21626 and 21644 is 2.

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