What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36207 and 36221?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36207 and 36221 is 1.

GCF(36207,36221) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36207 and 36221, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36207 and 36221.

How to find the GCF of 36207 and 36221?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36207 and 36221. After we will calculate the factors of 36207 and 36221 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36207

Prime factors of 36207 are 3, 149. Prime factorization of 36207 in exponential form is:

36207 = 3⁵ × 149¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36221

Prime factors of 36221 are 29, 1249. Prime factorization of 36221 in exponential form is:

36221 = 29¹ × 1249¹

Step-3: Factors of 36207

List of positive integer factors of 36207 that divides 36207 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 149, 243, 447, 1341, 4023, 12069

Step-4: Factors of 36221

List of positive integer factors of 36221 that divides 36207 without a remainder.

1, 29, 1249

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36207 and 36221. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36207 and 36221 is 1.

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