What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36281 and 36295?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36281 and 36295 is 7.

GCF(36281,36295) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36281 and 36295, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36281 and 36295.

How to find the GCF of 36281 and 36295?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36281 and 36295. After we will calculate the factors of 36281 and 36295 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36281

Prime factors of 36281 are 7, 71, 73. Prime factorization of 36281 in exponential form is:

36281 = 7¹ × 71¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36295

Prime factors of 36295 are 5, 7, 17, 61. Prime factorization of 36295 in exponential form is:

36295 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 17¹ × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 36281

List of positive integer factors of 36281 that divides 36281 without a remainder.

1, 7, 71, 73, 497, 511, 5183

Step-4: Factors of 36295

List of positive integer factors of 36295 that divides 36281 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 17, 35, 61, 85, 119, 305, 427, 595, 1037, 2135, 5185, 7259

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36281 and 36295. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36281 and 36295 is 7.

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