What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21915 and 21920?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21915 and 21920 is 5.

GCF(21915,21920) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21915 and 21920, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21915 and 21920.

How to find the GCF of 21915 and 21920?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21915 and 21920. After we will calculate the factors of 21915 and 21920 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21915

Prime factors of 21915 are 3, 5, 487. Prime factorization of 21915 in exponential form is:

21915 = 3² × 5¹ × 487¹

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 21915

List of positive integer factors of 21915 that divides 21915 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 487, 1461, 2435, 4383, 7305

Step-4: Factors of 21920

List of positive integer factors of 21920 that divides 21915 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 21915 and 21920. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21915 and 21920 is 5.

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