What is the Greatest Common Factor of 33231 and 33246?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 33231 and 33246 is 3.

GCF(33231,33246) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 33231 and 33246, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 33231 and 33246.

How to find the GCF of 33231 and 33246?

We will first find the prime factorization of 33231 and 33246. After we will calculate the factors of 33231 and 33246 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 33231

Prime factors of 33231 are 3, 11, 19, 53. Prime factorization of 33231 in exponential form is:

33231 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 19¹ × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 33246

Prime factors of 33246 are 2, 3, 1847. Prime factorization of 33246 in exponential form is:

33246 = 2¹ × 3² × 1847¹

Step-3: Factors of 33231

List of positive integer factors of 33231 that divides 33231 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 19, 33, 53, 57, 159, 209, 583, 627, 1007, 1749, 3021, 11077

Step-4: Factors of 33246

List of positive integer factors of 33246 that divides 33231 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 1847, 3694, 5541, 11082, 16623

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 33231 and 33246. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 33231 and 33246 is 3.

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