What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36078 and 36082?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36078 and 36082 is 2.

GCF(36078,36082) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36078 and 36082, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36078 and 36082.

How to find the GCF of 36078 and 36082?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36078 and 36082. After we will calculate the factors of 36078 and 36082 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 36082

Prime factors of 36082 are 2, 18041. Prime factorization of 36082 in exponential form is:

36082 = 2¹ × 18041¹

Step-3: Factors of 36078

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 36082

List of positive integer factors of 36082 that divides 36078 without a remainder.

1, 2, 18041

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36078 and 36082. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36078 and 36082 is 2.

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