What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21875 and 21888?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21875 and 21888 is 1.

GCF(21875,21888) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21875 and 21888, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21875 and 21888.

How to find the GCF of 21875 and 21888?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21875 and 21888. After we will calculate the factors of 21875 and 21888 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21875

Prime factors of 21875 are 5, 7. Prime factorization of 21875 in exponential form is:

21875 = 5⁵ × 7¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21888

Prime factors of 21888 are 2, 3, 19. Prime factorization of 21888 in exponential form is:

21888 = 2⁷ × 3² × 19¹

Step-3: Factors of 21875

List of positive integer factors of 21875 that divides 21875 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 25, 35, 125, 175, 625, 875, 3125, 4375

Step-4: Factors of 21888

List of positive integer factors of 21888 that divides 21875 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 19, 24, 32, 36, 38, 48, 57, 64, 72, 76, 96, 114, 128, 144, 152, 171, 192, 228, 288, 304, 342, 384, 456, 576, 608, 684, 912, 1152, 1216, 1368, 1824, 2432, 2736, 3648, 5472, 7296, 10944

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21875 and 21888. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21875 and 21888 is 1.

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