What is the Greatest Common Factor of 32835 and 32842?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 32835 and 32842 is 1.

GCF(32835,32842) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 32835 and 32842, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 32835 and 32842.

How to find the GCF of 32835 and 32842?

We will first find the prime factorization of 32835 and 32842. After we will calculate the factors of 32835 and 32842 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 32835

Prime factors of 32835 are 3, 5, 11, 199. Prime factorization of 32835 in exponential form is:

32835 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 11¹ × 199¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 32842

Prime factors of 32842 are 2, 16421. Prime factorization of 32842 in exponential form is:

32842 = 2¹ × 16421¹

Step-3: Factors of 32835

List of positive integer factors of 32835 that divides 32835 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 11, 15, 33, 55, 165, 199, 597, 995, 2189, 2985, 6567, 10945

Step-4: Factors of 32842

List of positive integer factors of 32842 that divides 32835 without a remainder.

1, 2, 16421

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 32835 and 32842. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 32835 and 32842 is 1.

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