What is the Greatest Common Factor of 33459 and 33471?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 33459 and 33471 is 3.

GCF(33459,33471) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 33459 and 33471, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 33459 and 33471.

How to find the GCF of 33459 and 33471?

We will first find the prime factorization of 33459 and 33471. After we will calculate the factors of 33459 and 33471 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 33459

Prime factors of 33459 are 3, 19, 587. Prime factorization of 33459 in exponential form is:

33459 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 587¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 33471

Prime factors of 33471 are 3, 3719. Prime factorization of 33471 in exponential form is:

33471 = 3² × 3719¹

Step-3: Factors of 33459

List of positive integer factors of 33459 that divides 33459 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 587, 1761, 11153

Step-4: Factors of 33471

List of positive integer factors of 33471 that divides 33459 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 3719, 11157

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 33459 and 33471. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 33459 and 33471 is 3.

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