What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21681 and 21685?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21681 and 21685 is 1.

GCF(21681,21685) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21681 and 21685, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21681 and 21685.

How to find the GCF of 21681 and 21685?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21681 and 21685. After we will calculate the factors of 21681 and 21685 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21681

Prime factors of 21681 are 3, 11, 73. Prime factorization of 21681 in exponential form is:

21681 = 3³ × 11¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21685

Prime factors of 21685 are 5, 4337. Prime factorization of 21685 in exponential form is:

21685 = 5¹ × 4337¹

Step-3: Factors of 21681

List of positive integer factors of 21681 that divides 21681 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 27, 33, 73, 99, 219, 297, 657, 803, 1971, 2409, 7227

Step-4: Factors of 21685

List of positive integer factors of 21685 that divides 21681 without a remainder.

1, 5, 4337

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21681 and 21685. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21681 and 21685 is 1.

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