What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36074 and 36079?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36074 and 36079 is 1.

GCF(36074,36079) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36074 and 36079, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36074 and 36079.

How to find the GCF of 36074 and 36079?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36074 and 36079. After we will calculate the factors of 36074 and 36079 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36074

Prime factors of 36074 are 2, 17, 1061. Prime factorization of 36074 in exponential form is:

36074 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1061¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36079

Prime factors of 36079 are 109, 331. Prime factorization of 36079 in exponential form is:

36079 = 109¹ × 331¹

Step-3: Factors of 36074

List of positive integer factors of 36074 that divides 36074 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1061, 2122, 18037

Step-4: Factors of 36079

List of positive integer factors of 36079 that divides 36074 without a remainder.

1, 109, 331

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36074 and 36079. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36074 and 36079 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 36074 and 36079