What is the Greatest Common Factor of 33332 and 33340?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 33332 and 33340 is 4.

GCF(33332,33340) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 33332 and 33340, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 33332 and 33340.

How to find the GCF of 33332 and 33340?

We will first find the prime factorization of 33332 and 33340. After we will calculate the factors of 33332 and 33340 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 33332

Prime factors of 33332 are 2, 13, 641. Prime factorization of 33332 in exponential form is:

33332 = 2² × 13¹ × 641¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 33340

Prime factors of 33340 are 2, 5, 1667. Prime factorization of 33340 in exponential form is:

33340 = 2² × 5¹ × 1667¹

Step-3: Factors of 33332

List of positive integer factors of 33332 that divides 33332 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 641, 1282, 2564, 8333, 16666

Step-4: Factors of 33340

List of positive integer factors of 33340 that divides 33332 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 1667, 3334, 6668, 8335, 16670

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 33332 and 33340. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 33332 and 33340 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 33332 and 33340