What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21986 and 22001?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21986 and 22001 is 1.

GCF(21986,22001) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21986 and 22001, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21986 and 22001.

How to find the GCF of 21986 and 22001?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21986 and 22001. After we will calculate the factors of 21986 and 22001 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21986

Prime factors of 21986 are 2, 10993. Prime factorization of 21986 in exponential form is:

21986 = 2¹ × 10993¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 22001

Prime factors of 22001 are 7, 449. Prime factorization of 22001 in exponential form is:

22001 = 7² × 449¹

Step-3: Factors of 21986

List of positive integer factors of 21986 that divides 21986 without a remainder.

1, 2, 10993

Step-4: Factors of 22001

List of positive integer factors of 22001 that divides 21986 without a remainder.

1, 7, 49, 449, 3143

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21986 and 22001. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21986 and 22001 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 21986 and 22001