What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21953 and 21964?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21953 and 21964 is 1.

GCF(21953,21964) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21953 and 21964, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21953 and 21964.

How to find the GCF of 21953 and 21964?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21953 and 21964. After we will calculate the factors of 21953 and 21964 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21953

Prime factors of 21953 are 29, 757. Prime factorization of 21953 in exponential form is:

21953 = 29¹ × 757¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21964

Prime factors of 21964 are 2, 17, 19. Prime factorization of 21964 in exponential form is:

21964 = 2² × 17² × 19¹

Step-3: Factors of 21953

List of positive integer factors of 21953 that divides 21953 without a remainder.

1, 29, 757

Step-4: Factors of 21964

List of positive integer factors of 21964 that divides 21953 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 19, 34, 38, 68, 76, 289, 323, 578, 646, 1156, 1292, 5491, 10982

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21953 and 21964. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21953 and 21964 is 1.

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