What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36200 and 36205?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36200 and 36205 is 5.

GCF(36200,36205) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36200 and 36205, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36200 and 36205.

How to find the GCF of 36200 and 36205?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36200 and 36205. After we will calculate the factors of 36200 and 36205 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36200

Prime factors of 36200 are 2, 5, 181. Prime factorization of 36200 in exponential form is:

36200 = 2³ × 5² × 181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36205

Prime factors of 36205 are 5, 13, 557. Prime factorization of 36205 in exponential form is:

36205 = 5¹ × 13¹ × 557¹

Step-3: Factors of 36200

List of positive integer factors of 36200 that divides 36200 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 25, 40, 50, 100, 181, 200, 362, 724, 905, 1448, 1810, 3620, 4525, 7240, 9050, 18100

Step-4: Factors of 36205

List of positive integer factors of 36205 that divides 36200 without a remainder.

1, 5, 13, 65, 557, 2785, 7241

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36200 and 36205. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36200 and 36205 is 5.

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