What is the Greatest Common Factor of 32655 and 32662?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 32655 and 32662 is 7.

GCF(32655,32662) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 32655 and 32662, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 32655 and 32662.

How to find the GCF of 32655 and 32662?

We will first find the prime factorization of 32655 and 32662. After we will calculate the factors of 32655 and 32662 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 32655

Prime factors of 32655 are 3, 5, 7, 311. Prime factorization of 32655 in exponential form is:

32655 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 311¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 32662

Prime factors of 32662 are 2, 7, 2333. Prime factorization of 32662 in exponential form is:

32662 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 2333¹

Step-3: Factors of 32655

List of positive integer factors of 32655 that divides 32655 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 7, 15, 21, 35, 105, 311, 933, 1555, 2177, 4665, 6531, 10885

Step-4: Factors of 32662

List of positive integer factors of 32662 that divides 32655 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 2333, 4666, 16331

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 32655 and 32662. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 32655 and 32662 is 7.

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