What is the Greatest Common Factor of 32642 and 32652?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 32642 and 32652 is 2.

GCF(32642,32652) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 32642 and 32652, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 32642 and 32652.

How to find the GCF of 32642 and 32652?

We will first find the prime factorization of 32642 and 32652. After we will calculate the factors of 32642 and 32652 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 32642

Prime factors of 32642 are 2, 19, 859. Prime factorization of 32642 in exponential form is:

32642 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 859¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 32652

Prime factors of 32652 are 2, 3, 907. Prime factorization of 32652 in exponential form is:

32652 = 2² × 3² × 907¹

Step-3: Factors of 32642

List of positive integer factors of 32642 that divides 32642 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 859, 1718, 16321

Step-4: Factors of 32652

List of positive integer factors of 32652 that divides 32642 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 907, 1814, 2721, 3628, 5442, 8163, 10884, 16326

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 32642 and 32652. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 32642 and 32652 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 32642 and 32652