What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36279 and 36298?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36279 and 36298 is 1.

GCF(36279,36298) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36279 and 36298, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36279 and 36298.

How to find the GCF of 36279 and 36298?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36279 and 36298. After we will calculate the factors of 36279 and 36298 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36279

Prime factors of 36279 are 3, 29, 139. Prime factorization of 36279 in exponential form is:

36279 = 3² × 29¹ × 139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36298

Prime factors of 36298 are 2, 18149. Prime factorization of 36298 in exponential form is:

36298 = 2¹ × 18149¹

Step-3: Factors of 36279

List of positive integer factors of 36279 that divides 36279 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 29, 87, 139, 261, 417, 1251, 4031, 12093

Step-4: Factors of 36298

List of positive integer factors of 36298 that divides 36279 without a remainder.

1, 2, 18149

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36279 and 36298. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36279 and 36298 is 1.

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