What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21816 and 21832?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21816 and 21832 is 8.

GCF(21816,21832) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21816 and 21832, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21816 and 21832.

How to find the GCF of 21816 and 21832?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21816 and 21832. After we will calculate the factors of 21816 and 21832 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 21832

Prime factors of 21832 are 2, 2729. Prime factorization of 21832 in exponential form is:

21832 = 2³ × 2729¹

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 21832

List of positive integer factors of 21832 that divides 21816 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 2729, 5458, 10916

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21816 and 21832. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21816 and 21832 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 21816 and 21832