What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36394 and 36402?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36394 and 36402 is 2.

GCF(36394,36402) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36394 and 36402, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36394 and 36402.

How to find the GCF of 36394 and 36402?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36394 and 36402. After we will calculate the factors of 36394 and 36402 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36394

Prime factors of 36394 are 2, 31, 587. Prime factorization of 36394 in exponential form is:

36394 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 587¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36402

Prime factors of 36402 are 2, 3, 6067. Prime factorization of 36402 in exponential form is:

36402 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 6067¹

Step-3: Factors of 36394

List of positive integer factors of 36394 that divides 36394 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 587, 1174, 18197

Step-4: Factors of 36402

List of positive integer factors of 36402 that divides 36394 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 6067, 12134, 18201

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36394 and 36402. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36394 and 36402 is 2.

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