What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36312 and 36331?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36312 and 36331 is 1.

GCF(36312,36331) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36312 and 36331, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36312 and 36331.

How to find the GCF of 36312 and 36331?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36312 and 36331. After we will calculate the factors of 36312 and 36331 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36312

Prime factors of 36312 are 2, 3, 17, 89. Prime factorization of 36312 in exponential form is:

36312 = 2³ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 89¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36331

Prime factors of 36331 are 47, 773. Prime factorization of 36331 in exponential form is:

36331 = 47¹ × 773¹

Step-3: Factors of 36312

List of positive integer factors of 36312 that divides 36312 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 17, 24, 34, 51, 68, 89, 102, 136, 178, 204, 267, 356, 408, 534, 712, 1068, 1513, 2136, 3026, 4539, 6052, 9078, 12104, 18156

Step-4: Factors of 36331

List of positive integer factors of 36331 that divides 36312 without a remainder.

1, 47, 773

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36312 and 36331. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36312 and 36331 is 1.

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