What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21787 and 21798?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21787 and 21798 is 1.

GCF(21787,21798) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21787 and 21798, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21787 and 21798.

How to find the GCF of 21787 and 21798?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21787 and 21798. After we will calculate the factors of 21787 and 21798 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21787

Prime factors of 21787 are 21787. Prime factorization of 21787 in exponential form is:

21787 = 21787¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21798

Prime factors of 21798 are 2, 3, 7, 173. Prime factorization of 21798 in exponential form is:

21798 = 2¹ × 3² × 7¹ × 173¹

Step-3: Factors of 21787

List of positive integer factors of 21787 that divides 21787 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 21798

List of positive integer factors of 21798 that divides 21787 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 18, 21, 42, 63, 126, 173, 346, 519, 1038, 1211, 1557, 2422, 3114, 3633, 7266, 10899

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21787 and 21798. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21787 and 21798 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 21787 and 21798