What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21918 and 21924?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21918 and 21924 is 6.

GCF(21918,21924) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21918 and 21924, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21918 and 21924.

How to find the GCF of 21918 and 21924?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21918 and 21924. After we will calculate the factors of 21918 and 21924 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21918

Prime factors of 21918 are 2, 3, 13, 281. Prime factorization of 21918 in exponential form is:

21918 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 281¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21924

Prime factors of 21924 are 2, 3, 7, 29. Prime factorization of 21924 in exponential form is:

21924 = 2² × 3³ × 7¹ × 29¹

Step-3: Factors of 21918

List of positive integer factors of 21918 that divides 21918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 281, 562, 843, 1686, 3653, 7306, 10959

Step-4: Factors of 21924

List of positive integer factors of 21924 that divides 21918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 18, 21, 27, 28, 29, 36, 42, 54, 58, 63, 84, 87, 108, 116, 126, 174, 189, 203, 252, 261, 348, 378, 406, 522, 609, 756, 783, 812, 1044, 1218, 1566, 1827, 2436, 3132, 3654, 5481, 7308, 10962

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21918 and 21924. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21918 and 21924 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 21918 and 21924