What is the Greatest Common Factor of 32661 and 32676?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 32661 and 32676 is 3.

GCF(32661,32676) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 32661 and 32676, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 32661 and 32676.

How to find the GCF of 32661 and 32676?

We will first find the prime factorization of 32661 and 32676. After we will calculate the factors of 32661 and 32676 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 32661

Prime factors of 32661 are 3, 19, 191. Prime factorization of 32661 in exponential form is:

32661 = 3² × 19¹ × 191¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 32676

Prime factors of 32676 are 2, 3, 7, 389. Prime factorization of 32676 in exponential form is:

32676 = 2² × 3¹ × 7¹ × 389¹

Step-3: Factors of 32661

List of positive integer factors of 32661 that divides 32661 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 19, 57, 171, 191, 573, 1719, 3629, 10887

Step-4: Factors of 32676

List of positive integer factors of 32676 that divides 32661 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 21, 28, 42, 84, 389, 778, 1167, 1556, 2334, 2723, 4668, 5446, 8169, 10892, 16338

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 32661 and 32676. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 32661 and 32676 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 32661 and 32676