What is the Greatest Common Factor of 32151 and 32157?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 32151 and 32157 is 3.

GCF(32151,32157) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 32151 and 32157, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 32151 and 32157.

How to find the GCF of 32151 and 32157?

We will first find the prime factorization of 32151 and 32157. After we will calculate the factors of 32151 and 32157 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 32151

Prime factors of 32151 are 3, 7, 1531. Prime factorization of 32151 in exponential form is:

32151 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 1531¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 32157

Prime factors of 32157 are 3, 397. Prime factorization of 32157 in exponential form is:

32157 = 3⁴ × 397¹

Step-3: Factors of 32151

List of positive integer factors of 32151 that divides 32151 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 1531, 4593, 10717

Step-4: Factors of 32157

List of positive integer factors of 32157 that divides 32151 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 397, 1191, 3573, 10719

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 32151 and 32157. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 32151 and 32157 is 3.

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