What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21640 and 21650?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21640 and 21650 is 10.

GCF(21640,21650) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21640 and 21650, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21640 and 21650.

How to find the GCF of 21640 and 21650?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21640 and 21650. After we will calculate the factors of 21640 and 21650 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21640

Prime factors of 21640 are 2, 5, 541. Prime factorization of 21640 in exponential form is:

21640 = 2³ × 5¹ × 541¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21650

Prime factors of 21650 are 2, 5, 433. Prime factorization of 21650 in exponential form is:

21650 = 2¹ × 5² × 433¹

Step-3: Factors of 21640

List of positive integer factors of 21640 that divides 21640 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 541, 1082, 2164, 2705, 4328, 5410, 10820

Step-4: Factors of 21650

List of positive integer factors of 21650 that divides 21640 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 433, 866, 2165, 4330, 10825

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21640 and 21650. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21640 and 21650 is 10.

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