What is the Greatest Common Factor of 32172 and 32181?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 32172 and 32181 is 3.

GCF(32172,32181) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 32172 and 32181, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 32172 and 32181.

How to find the GCF of 32172 and 32181?

We will first find the prime factorization of 32172 and 32181. After we will calculate the factors of 32172 and 32181 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 32172

Prime factors of 32172 are 2, 3, 7, 383. Prime factorization of 32172 in exponential form is:

32172 = 2² × 3¹ × 7¹ × 383¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 32181

Prime factors of 32181 are 3, 17, 631. Prime factorization of 32181 in exponential form is:

32181 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 631¹

Step-3: Factors of 32172

List of positive integer factors of 32172 that divides 32172 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 21, 28, 42, 84, 383, 766, 1149, 1532, 2298, 2681, 4596, 5362, 8043, 10724, 16086

Step-4: Factors of 32181

List of positive integer factors of 32181 that divides 32172 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 631, 1893, 10727

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 32172 and 32181. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 32172 and 32181 is 3.

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