What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21765 and 21771?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21765 and 21771 is 3.

GCF(21765,21771) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21765 and 21771, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21765 and 21771.

How to find the GCF of 21765 and 21771?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21765 and 21771. After we will calculate the factors of 21765 and 21771 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21765

Prime factors of 21765 are 3, 5, 1451. Prime factorization of 21765 in exponential form is:

21765 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 1451¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21771

Prime factors of 21771 are 3, 41, 59. Prime factorization of 21771 in exponential form is:

21771 = 3² × 41¹ × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 21765

List of positive integer factors of 21765 that divides 21765 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 1451, 4353, 7255

Step-4: Factors of 21771

List of positive integer factors of 21771 that divides 21765 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 41, 59, 123, 177, 369, 531, 2419, 7257

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21765 and 21771. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21765 and 21771 is 3.

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