What is the Greatest Common Factor of 33159 and 33179?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 33159 and 33179 is 1.

GCF(33159,33179) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 33159 and 33179, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 33159 and 33179.

How to find the GCF of 33159 and 33179?

We will first find the prime factorization of 33159 and 33179. After we will calculate the factors of 33159 and 33179 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 33159

Prime factors of 33159 are 3, 7, 1579. Prime factorization of 33159 in exponential form is:

33159 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 1579¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 33179

Prime factors of 33179 are 33179. Prime factorization of 33179 in exponential form is:

33179 = 33179¹

Step-3: Factors of 33159

List of positive integer factors of 33159 that divides 33159 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 1579, 4737, 11053

Step-4: Factors of 33179

List of positive integer factors of 33179 that divides 33159 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 33159 and 33179. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 33159 and 33179 is 1.

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