What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21998 and 22011?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21998 and 22011 is 1.

GCF(21998,22011) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21998 and 22011, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21998 and 22011.

How to find the GCF of 21998 and 22011?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21998 and 22011. After we will calculate the factors of 21998 and 22011 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21998

Prime factors of 21998 are 2, 17, 647. Prime factorization of 21998 in exponential form is:

21998 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 647¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 22011

Prime factors of 22011 are 3, 11, 23, 29. Prime factorization of 22011 in exponential form is:

22011 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 23¹ × 29¹

Step-3: Factors of 21998

List of positive integer factors of 21998 that divides 21998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 647, 1294, 10999

Step-4: Factors of 22011

List of positive integer factors of 22011 that divides 21998 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 23, 29, 33, 69, 87, 253, 319, 667, 759, 957, 2001, 7337

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21998 and 22011. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21998 and 22011 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 21998 and 22011