What is the Greatest Common Factor of 33932 and 33948?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 33932 and 33948 is 4.

GCF(33932,33948) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 33932 and 33948, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 33932 and 33948.

How to find the GCF of 33932 and 33948?

We will first find the prime factorization of 33932 and 33948. After we will calculate the factors of 33932 and 33948 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 33932

Prime factors of 33932 are 2, 17, 499. Prime factorization of 33932 in exponential form is:

33932 = 2² × 17¹ × 499¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 33948

Prime factors of 33948 are 2, 3, 23, 41. Prime factorization of 33948 in exponential form is:

33948 = 2² × 3² × 23¹ × 41¹

Step-3: Factors of 33932

List of positive integer factors of 33932 that divides 33932 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 499, 998, 1996, 8483, 16966

Step-4: Factors of 33948

List of positive integer factors of 33948 that divides 33932 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 23, 36, 41, 46, 69, 82, 92, 123, 138, 164, 207, 246, 276, 369, 414, 492, 738, 828, 943, 1476, 1886, 2829, 3772, 5658, 8487, 11316, 16974

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 33932 and 33948. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 33932 and 33948 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 33932 and 33948