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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21665 and 21672?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21665 and 21672 is 7.

GCF(21665,21672) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21665 and 21672, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21665 and 21672.

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How to find the GCF of 21665 and 21672?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21665 and 21672. After we will calculate the factors of 21665 and 21672 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21665

Prime factors of 21665 are 5, 7, 619. Prime factorization of 21665 in exponential form is:

21665 = 51 × 71 × 6191

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21672

Prime factors of 21672 are 2, 3, 7, 43. Prime factorization of 21672 in exponential form is:

21672 = 23 × 32 × 71 × 431

Step-3: Factors of 21665

List of positive integer factors of 21665 that divides 21665 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 619, 3095, 4333

Step-4: Factors of 21672

List of positive integer factors of 21672 that divides 21665 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 18, 21, 24, 28, 36, 42, 43, 56, 63, 72, 84, 86, 126, 129, 168, 172, 252, 258, 301, 344, 387, 504, 516, 602, 774, 903, 1032, 1204, 1548, 1806, 2408, 2709, 3096, 3612, 5418, 7224, 10836

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21665 and 21672. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21665 and 21672 is 7.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 21665 and 21672