What is the Greatest Common Factor of 32572 and 32579?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 32572 and 32579 is 1.

GCF(32572,32579) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 32572 and 32579, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 32572 and 32579.

How to find the GCF of 32572 and 32579?

We will first find the prime factorization of 32572 and 32579. After we will calculate the factors of 32572 and 32579 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 32572

Prime factors of 32572 are 2, 17, 479. Prime factorization of 32572 in exponential form is:

32572 = 2² × 17¹ × 479¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 32579

Prime factors of 32579 are 32579. Prime factorization of 32579 in exponential form is:

32579 = 32579¹

Step-3: Factors of 32572

List of positive integer factors of 32572 that divides 32572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 479, 958, 1916, 8143, 16286

Step-4: Factors of 32579

List of positive integer factors of 32579 that divides 32572 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 32572 and 32579. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 32572 and 32579 is 1.

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