What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36071 and 36078?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36071 and 36078 is 7.

GCF(36071,36078) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36071 and 36078, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36071 and 36078.

How to find the GCF of 36071 and 36078?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36071 and 36078. After we will calculate the factors of 36071 and 36078 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36071

Prime factors of 36071 are 7, 5153. Prime factorization of 36071 in exponential form is:

36071 = 7¹ × 5153¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36078

Prime factors of 36078 are 2, 3, 7, 859. Prime factorization of 36078 in exponential form is:

36078 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 859¹

Step-3: Factors of 36071

List of positive integer factors of 36071 that divides 36071 without a remainder.

1, 7, 5153

Step-4: Factors of 36078

List of positive integer factors of 36078 that divides 36071 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 859, 1718, 2577, 5154, 6013, 12026, 18039

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36071 and 36078. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36071 and 36078 is 7.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 36071 and 36078