What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21851 and 21860?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21851 and 21860 is 1.

GCF(21851,21860) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21851 and 21860, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21851 and 21860.

How to find the GCF of 21851 and 21860?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21851 and 21860. After we will calculate the factors of 21851 and 21860 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21851

Prime factors of 21851 are 21851. Prime factorization of 21851 in exponential form is:

21851 = 21851¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21860

Prime factors of 21860 are 2, 5, 1093. Prime factorization of 21860 in exponential form is:

21860 = 2² × 5¹ × 1093¹

Step-3: Factors of 21851

List of positive integer factors of 21851 that divides 21851 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 21860

List of positive integer factors of 21860 that divides 21851 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 1093, 2186, 4372, 5465, 10930

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21851 and 21860. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21851 and 21860 is 1.

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