What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21679 and 21699?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21679 and 21699 is 1.

GCF(21679,21699) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21679 and 21699, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21679 and 21699.

How to find the GCF of 21679 and 21699?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21679 and 21699. After we will calculate the factors of 21679 and 21699 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21679

Prime factors of 21679 are 7, 19, 163. Prime factorization of 21679 in exponential form is:

21679 = 7¹ × 19¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21699

Prime factors of 21699 are 3, 2411. Prime factorization of 21699 in exponential form is:

21699 = 3² × 2411¹

Step-3: Factors of 21679

List of positive integer factors of 21679 that divides 21679 without a remainder.

1, 7, 19, 133, 163, 1141, 3097

Step-4: Factors of 21699

List of positive integer factors of 21699 that divides 21679 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 2411, 7233

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21679 and 21699. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21679 and 21699 is 1.

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