What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21943 and 21957?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21943 and 21957 is 1.

GCF(21943,21957) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21943 and 21957, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21943 and 21957.

How to find the GCF of 21943 and 21957?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21943 and 21957. After we will calculate the factors of 21943 and 21957 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21943

Prime factors of 21943 are 21943. Prime factorization of 21943 in exponential form is:

21943 = 21943¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21957

Prime factors of 21957 are 3, 13, 563. Prime factorization of 21957 in exponential form is:

21957 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 563¹

Step-3: Factors of 21943

List of positive integer factors of 21943 that divides 21943 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 21957

List of positive integer factors of 21957 that divides 21943 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 563, 1689, 7319

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21943 and 21957. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21943 and 21957 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 21943 and 21957