What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21941 and 21956?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21941 and 21956 is 1.

GCF(21941,21956) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21941 and 21956, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21941 and 21956.

How to find the GCF of 21941 and 21956?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21941 and 21956. After we will calculate the factors of 21941 and 21956 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21941

Prime factors of 21941 are 37, 593. Prime factorization of 21941 in exponential form is:

21941 = 37¹ × 593¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21956

Prime factors of 21956 are 2, 11, 499. Prime factorization of 21956 in exponential form is:

21956 = 2² × 11¹ × 499¹

Step-3: Factors of 21941

List of positive integer factors of 21941 that divides 21941 without a remainder.

1, 37, 593

Step-4: Factors of 21956

List of positive integer factors of 21956 that divides 21941 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 499, 998, 1996, 5489, 10978

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21941 and 21956. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21941 and 21956 is 1.

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