What is the Greatest Common Factor of 32331 and 32346?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 32331 and 32346 is 3.

GCF(32331,32346) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 32331 and 32346, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 32331 and 32346.

How to find the GCF of 32331 and 32346?

We will first find the prime factorization of 32331 and 32346. After we will calculate the factors of 32331 and 32346 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 32331

Prime factors of 32331 are 3, 13, 829. Prime factorization of 32331 in exponential form is:

32331 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 829¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 32346

Prime factors of 32346 are 2, 3, 599. Prime factorization of 32346 in exponential form is:

32346 = 2¹ × 3³ × 599¹

Step-3: Factors of 32331

List of positive integer factors of 32331 that divides 32331 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 829, 2487, 10777

Step-4: Factors of 32346

List of positive integer factors of 32346 that divides 32331 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 599, 1198, 1797, 3594, 5391, 10782, 16173

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 32331 and 32346. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 32331 and 32346 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 32331 and 32346