What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21811 and 21828?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21811 and 21828 is 17.

GCF(21811,21828) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21811 and 21828, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21811 and 21828.

How to find the GCF of 21811 and 21828?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21811 and 21828. After we will calculate the factors of 21811 and 21828 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21811

Prime factors of 21811 are 17, 1283. Prime factorization of 21811 in exponential form is:

21811 = 17¹ × 1283¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21828

Prime factors of 21828 are 2, 3, 17, 107. Prime factorization of 21828 in exponential form is:

21828 = 2² × 3¹ × 17¹ × 107¹

Step-3: Factors of 21811

List of positive integer factors of 21811 that divides 21811 without a remainder.

1, 17, 1283

Step-4: Factors of 21828

List of positive integer factors of 21828 that divides 21811 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 17, 34, 51, 68, 102, 107, 204, 214, 321, 428, 642, 1284, 1819, 3638, 5457, 7276, 10914

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21811 and 21828. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21811 and 21828 is 17.

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