What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21904 and 21921?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21904 and 21921 is 1.

GCF(21904,21921) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21904 and 21921, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21904 and 21921.

How to find the GCF of 21904 and 21921?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21904 and 21921. After we will calculate the factors of 21904 and 21921 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 21921

Prime factors of 21921 are 3, 7307. Prime factorization of 21921 in exponential form is:

21921 = 3¹ × 7307¹

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 21921

List of positive integer factors of 21921 that divides 21904 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7307

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21904 and 21921. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21904 and 21921 is 1.

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