What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21900 and 21912?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21900 and 21912 is 12.

GCF(21900,21912) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21900 and 21912, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21900 and 21912.

How to find the GCF of 21900 and 21912?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21900 and 21912. After we will calculate the factors of 21900 and 21912 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21900

Prime factors of 21900 are 2, 3, 5, 73. Prime factorization of 21900 in exponential form is:

21900 = 2² × 3¹ × 5² × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21912

Prime factors of 21912 are 2, 3, 11, 83. Prime factorization of 21912 in exponential form is:

21912 = 2³ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 83¹

Step-3: Factors of 21900

List of positive integer factors of 21900 that divides 21900 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 25, 30, 50, 60, 73, 75, 100, 146, 150, 219, 292, 300, 365, 438, 730, 876, 1095, 1460, 1825, 2190, 3650, 4380, 5475, 7300, 10950

Step-4: Factors of 21912

List of positive integer factors of 21912 that divides 21900 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 22, 24, 33, 44, 66, 83, 88, 132, 166, 249, 264, 332, 498, 664, 913, 996, 1826, 1992, 2739, 3652, 5478, 7304, 10956

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21900 and 21912. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21900 and 21912 is 12.

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