What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21961 and 21965?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21961 and 21965 is 1.

GCF(21961,21965) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21961 and 21965, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21961 and 21965.

How to find the GCF of 21961 and 21965?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21961 and 21965. After we will calculate the factors of 21961 and 21965 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21961

Prime factors of 21961 are 21961. Prime factorization of 21961 in exponential form is:

21961 = 21961¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21965

Prime factors of 21965 are 5, 23, 191. Prime factorization of 21965 in exponential form is:

21965 = 5¹ × 23¹ × 191¹

Step-3: Factors of 21961

List of positive integer factors of 21961 that divides 21961 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 21965

List of positive integer factors of 21965 that divides 21961 without a remainder.

1, 5, 23, 115, 191, 955, 4393

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21961 and 21965. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21961 and 21965 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 21961 and 21965