What is the Greatest Common Factor of 32342 and 32362?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 32342 and 32362 is 2.

GCF(32342,32362) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 32342 and 32362, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 32342 and 32362.

How to find the GCF of 32342 and 32362?

We will first find the prime factorization of 32342 and 32362. After we will calculate the factors of 32342 and 32362 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 32342

Prime factors of 32342 are 2, 103, 157. Prime factorization of 32342 in exponential form is:

32342 = 2¹ × 103¹ × 157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 32362

Prime factors of 32362 are 2, 11, 1471. Prime factorization of 32362 in exponential form is:

32362 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 1471¹

Step-3: Factors of 32342

List of positive integer factors of 32342 that divides 32342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 103, 157, 206, 314, 16171

Step-4: Factors of 32362

List of positive integer factors of 32362 that divides 32342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 1471, 2942, 16181

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 32342 and 32362. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 32342 and 32362 is 2.

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