What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21875 and 21892?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21875 and 21892 is 1.

GCF(21875,21892) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21875 and 21892, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21875 and 21892.

How to find the GCF of 21875 and 21892?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21875 and 21892. After we will calculate the factors of 21875 and 21892 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 21892

Prime factors of 21892 are 2, 13, 421. Prime factorization of 21892 in exponential form is:

21892 = 2² × 13¹ × 421¹

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 21892

List of positive integer factors of 21892 that divides 21875 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 421, 842, 1684, 5473, 10946

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21875 and 21892. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21875 and 21892 is 1.

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