What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36345 and 36357?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36345 and 36357 is 3.

GCF(36345,36357) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36345 and 36357, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36345 and 36357.

How to find the GCF of 36345 and 36357?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36345 and 36357. After we will calculate the factors of 36345 and 36357 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36345

Prime factors of 36345 are 3, 5, 2423. Prime factorization of 36345 in exponential form is:

36345 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 2423¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36357

Prime factors of 36357 are 3, 12119. Prime factorization of 36357 in exponential form is:

36357 = 3¹ × 12119¹

Step-3: Factors of 36345

List of positive integer factors of 36345 that divides 36345 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 2423, 7269, 12115

Step-4: Factors of 36357

List of positive integer factors of 36357 that divides 36345 without a remainder.

1, 3, 12119

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36345 and 36357. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36345 and 36357 is 3.

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