What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21830 and 21848?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21830 and 21848 is 2.

GCF(21830,21848) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21830 and 21848, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21830 and 21848.

How to find the GCF of 21830 and 21848?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21830 and 21848. After we will calculate the factors of 21830 and 21848 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21830

Prime factors of 21830 are 2, 5, 37, 59. Prime factorization of 21830 in exponential form is:

21830 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 37¹ × 59¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21848

Prime factors of 21848 are 2, 2731. Prime factorization of 21848 in exponential form is:

21848 = 2³ × 2731¹

Step-3: Factors of 21830

List of positive integer factors of 21830 that divides 21830 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 37, 59, 74, 118, 185, 295, 370, 590, 2183, 4366, 10915

Step-4: Factors of 21848

List of positive integer factors of 21848 that divides 21830 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 2731, 5462, 10924

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21830 and 21848. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21830 and 21848 is 2.

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