What is the Greatest Common Factor of 33762 and 33778?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 33762 and 33778 is 2.

GCF(33762,33778) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 33762 and 33778, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 33762 and 33778.

How to find the GCF of 33762 and 33778?

We will first find the prime factorization of 33762 and 33778. After we will calculate the factors of 33762 and 33778 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 33762

Prime factors of 33762 are 2, 3, 17, 331. Prime factorization of 33762 in exponential form is:

33762 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 331¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 33778

Prime factors of 33778 are 2, 16889. Prime factorization of 33778 in exponential form is:

33778 = 2¹ × 16889¹

Step-3: Factors of 33762

List of positive integer factors of 33762 that divides 33762 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 102, 331, 662, 993, 1986, 5627, 11254, 16881

Step-4: Factors of 33778

List of positive integer factors of 33778 that divides 33762 without a remainder.

1, 2, 16889

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 33762 and 33778. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 33762 and 33778 is 2.

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