What is the Greatest Common Factor of 32422 and 32442?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 32422 and 32442 is 2.

GCF(32422,32442) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 32422 and 32442, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 32422 and 32442.

How to find the GCF of 32422 and 32442?

We will first find the prime factorization of 32422 and 32442. After we will calculate the factors of 32422 and 32442 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 32422

Prime factors of 32422 are 2, 13, 29, 43. Prime factorization of 32422 in exponential form is:

32422 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 29¹ × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 32442

Prime factors of 32442 are 2, 3, 5407. Prime factorization of 32442 in exponential form is:

32442 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5407¹

Step-3: Factors of 32422

List of positive integer factors of 32422 that divides 32422 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 29, 43, 58, 86, 377, 559, 754, 1118, 1247, 2494, 16211

Step-4: Factors of 32442

List of positive integer factors of 32442 that divides 32422 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 5407, 10814, 16221

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 32422 and 32442. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 32422 and 32442 is 2.

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