What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21897 and 21901?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21897 and 21901 is 1.

GCF(21897,21901) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21897 and 21901, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21897 and 21901.

How to find the GCF of 21897 and 21901?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21897 and 21901. After we will calculate the factors of 21897 and 21901 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21897

Prime factors of 21897 are 3, 811. Prime factorization of 21897 in exponential form is:

21897 = 3³ × 811¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21901

Prime factors of 21901 are 11, 181. Prime factorization of 21901 in exponential form is:

21901 = 11² × 181¹

Step-3: Factors of 21897

List of positive integer factors of 21897 that divides 21897 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 811, 2433, 7299

Step-4: Factors of 21901

List of positive integer factors of 21901 that divides 21897 without a remainder.

1, 11, 121, 181, 1991

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21897 and 21901. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21897 and 21901 is 1.

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