What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36034 and 36044?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36034 and 36044 is 2.

GCF(36034,36044) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36034 and 36044, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36034 and 36044.

How to find the GCF of 36034 and 36044?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36034 and 36044. After we will calculate the factors of 36034 and 36044 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 36044

Prime factors of 36044 are 2, 9011. Prime factorization of 36044 in exponential form is:

36044 = 2² × 9011¹

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 36044

List of positive integer factors of 36044 that divides 36034 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 9011, 18022

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36034 and 36044. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36034 and 36044 is 2.

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