What is the Greatest Common Factor of 32991 and 33001?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 32991 and 33001 is 1.

GCF(32991,33001) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 32991 and 33001, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 32991 and 33001.

How to find the GCF of 32991 and 33001?

We will first find the prime factorization of 32991 and 33001. After we will calculate the factors of 32991 and 33001 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 32991

Prime factors of 32991 are 3, 7, 1571. Prime factorization of 32991 in exponential form is:

32991 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 1571¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 33001

Prime factors of 33001 are 61, 541. Prime factorization of 33001 in exponential form is:

33001 = 61¹ × 541¹

Step-3: Factors of 32991

List of positive integer factors of 32991 that divides 32991 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 1571, 4713, 10997

Step-4: Factors of 33001

List of positive integer factors of 33001 that divides 32991 without a remainder.

1, 61, 541

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 32991 and 33001. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 32991 and 33001 is 1.

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