Greatest Common Factor of 32 and 8517
GCF(32, 8517) = 1, Greatest common factor of 32 and 8517 is 1. 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 8517. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 32 and 8517 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 32 and 8517.
Prime Factorization of 32 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 and Prime Factorization of 8517 is 1, 3, 17, 167.
- Factorize\( (32) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\)
- Factorize\( (8517) = \) \(1\times 3\times 17\times 167\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 1) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(32, 8517) = 1\times 1 = 1\).
Greatest Common Factor of 32 and 8517 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 8517 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 3, 17, 51, 167, 501, 2839, 8517
As you can see, 1 is the greatest and common number that 32 and 8517 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 32 and 8517 is 1.
\(GCF(32, 8517) = 1\).
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