What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21816 and 21821?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21816 and 21821 is 1.

GCF(21816,21821) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21816 and 21821, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21816 and 21821.

How to find the GCF of 21816 and 21821?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21816 and 21821. After we will calculate the factors of 21816 and 21821 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21816

Prime factors of 21816 are 2, 3, 101. Prime factorization of 21816 in exponential form is:

21816 = 2³ × 3³ × 101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21821

Prime factors of 21821 are 21821. Prime factorization of 21821 in exponential form is:

21821 = 21821¹

Step-3: Factors of 21816

List of positive integer factors of 21816 that divides 21816 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 27, 36, 54, 72, 101, 108, 202, 216, 303, 404, 606, 808, 909, 1212, 1818, 2424, 2727, 3636, 5454, 7272, 10908

Step-4: Factors of 21821

List of positive integer factors of 21821 that divides 21816 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21816 and 21821. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21816 and 21821 is 1.

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