What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21727 and 21747?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21727 and 21747 is 1.

GCF(21727,21747) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21727 and 21747, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21727 and 21747.

How to find the GCF of 21727 and 21747?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21727 and 21747. After we will calculate the factors of 21727 and 21747 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21727

Prime factors of 21727 are 21727. Prime factorization of 21727 in exponential form is:

21727 = 21727¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21747

Prime factors of 21747 are 3, 11, 659. Prime factorization of 21747 in exponential form is:

21747 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 659¹

Step-3: Factors of 21727

List of positive integer factors of 21727 that divides 21727 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 21747

List of positive integer factors of 21747 that divides 21727 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 659, 1977, 7249

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21727 and 21747. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21727 and 21747 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 21727 and 21747