What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36245 and 36265?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36245 and 36265 is 5.

GCF(36245,36265) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36245 and 36265, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36245 and 36265.

How to find the GCF of 36245 and 36265?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36245 and 36265. After we will calculate the factors of 36245 and 36265 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36245

Prime factors of 36245 are 5, 11, 659. Prime factorization of 36245 in exponential form is:

36245 = 5¹ × 11¹ × 659¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36265

Prime factors of 36265 are 5, 7253. Prime factorization of 36265 in exponential form is:

36265 = 5¹ × 7253¹

Step-3: Factors of 36245

List of positive integer factors of 36245 that divides 36245 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11, 55, 659, 3295, 7249

Step-4: Factors of 36265

List of positive integer factors of 36265 that divides 36245 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7253

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36245 and 36265. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36245 and 36265 is 5.

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