What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36261 and 36269?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36261 and 36269 is 1.

GCF(36261,36269) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36261 and 36269, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36261 and 36269.

How to find the GCF of 36261 and 36269?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36261 and 36269. After we will calculate the factors of 36261 and 36269 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36261

Prime factors of 36261 are 3, 17, 79. Prime factorization of 36261 in exponential form is:

36261 = 3³ × 17¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36269

Prime factors of 36269 are 36269. Prime factorization of 36269 in exponential form is:

36269 = 36269¹

Step-3: Factors of 36261

List of positive integer factors of 36261 that divides 36261 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 17, 27, 51, 79, 153, 237, 459, 711, 1343, 2133, 4029, 12087

Step-4: Factors of 36269

List of positive integer factors of 36269 that divides 36261 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36261 and 36269. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36261 and 36269 is 1.

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