What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21689 and 21693?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21689 and 21693 is 1.

GCF(21689,21693) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21689 and 21693, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21689 and 21693.

How to find the GCF of 21689 and 21693?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21689 and 21693. After we will calculate the factors of 21689 and 21693 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21689

Prime factors of 21689 are 23, 41. Prime factorization of 21689 in exponential form is:

21689 = 23² × 41¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21693

Prime factors of 21693 are 3, 7, 1033. Prime factorization of 21693 in exponential form is:

21693 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 1033¹

Step-3: Factors of 21689

List of positive integer factors of 21689 that divides 21689 without a remainder.

1, 23, 41, 529, 943

Step-4: Factors of 21693

List of positive integer factors of 21693 that divides 21689 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 1033, 3099, 7231

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21689 and 21693. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21689 and 21693 is 1.

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