What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21904 and 21920?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21904 and 21920 is 16.

GCF(21904,21920) = 16

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21904 and 21920, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21904 and 21920.

How to find the GCF of 21904 and 21920?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21904 and 21920. After we will calculate the factors of 21904 and 21920 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21904

Prime factors of 21904 are 2, 37. Prime factorization of 21904 in exponential form is:

21904 = 2⁴ × 37²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21920

Prime factors of 21920 are 2, 5, 137. Prime factorization of 21920 in exponential form is:

21920 = 2⁵ × 5¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 21904

List of positive integer factors of 21904 that divides 21904 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 37, 74, 148, 296, 592, 1369, 2738, 5476, 10952

Step-4: Factors of 21920

List of positive integer factors of 21920 that divides 21904 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40, 80, 137, 160, 274, 548, 685, 1096, 1370, 2192, 2740, 4384, 5480, 10960

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21904 and 21920. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21904 and 21920 is 16.

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