What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36034 and 36042?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36034 and 36042 is 2.

GCF(36034,36042) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36034 and 36042, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36034 and 36042.

How to find the GCF of 36034 and 36042?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36034 and 36042. After we will calculate the factors of 36034 and 36042 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36034

Prime factors of 36034 are 2, 43, 419. Prime factorization of 36034 in exponential form is:

36034 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 419¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36042

Prime factors of 36042 are 2, 3, 6007. Prime factorization of 36042 in exponential form is:

36042 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 6007¹

Step-3: Factors of 36034

List of positive integer factors of 36034 that divides 36034 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 419, 838, 18017

Step-4: Factors of 36042

List of positive integer factors of 36042 that divides 36034 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 6007, 12014, 18021

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36034 and 36042. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36034 and 36042 is 2.

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