Greatest Common Factor of 32 and 8070
GCF(32, 8070) = 2, Greatest common factor of 32 and 8070 is 2. Greatest Common Factor or Greatest Common Divisor of two numbers is the largest integer by which both the numbers can be divided. There are two different methods to calculate Greatest Common Factor of 32 and 8070. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 32 and 8070 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 32 and 8070.
Prime Factorization of 32 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 and Prime Factorization of 8070 is 1, 2, 3, 5, 269.
- Factorize\( (32) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\)
- Factorize\( (8070) = \) \(1\times 2\times 3\times 5\times 269\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(32, 8070) = 1\times 2 = 2\).
Greatest Common Factor of 32 and 8070 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 32 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32
List of positive integers factors of 8070 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30, 269, 538, 807, 1345, 1614, 2690, 4035, 8070
As you can see, 2 is the greatest and common number that 32 and 8070 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 32 and 8070 is 2.
\(GCF(32, 8070) = 2\).
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