What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36472 and 36478?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36472 and 36478 is 2.

GCF(36472,36478) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36472 and 36478, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36472 and 36478.

How to find the GCF of 36472 and 36478?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36472 and 36478. After we will calculate the factors of 36472 and 36478 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36472

Prime factors of 36472 are 2, 47, 97. Prime factorization of 36472 in exponential form is:

36472 = 2³ × 47¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36478

Prime factors of 36478 are 2, 13, 23, 61. Prime factorization of 36478 in exponential form is:

36478 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 23¹ × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 36472

List of positive integer factors of 36472 that divides 36472 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 47, 94, 97, 188, 194, 376, 388, 776, 4559, 9118, 18236

Step-4: Factors of 36478

List of positive integer factors of 36478 that divides 36472 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 23, 26, 46, 61, 122, 299, 598, 793, 1403, 1586, 2806, 18239

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36472 and 36478. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36472 and 36478 is 2.

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