What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36516 and 36536?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36516 and 36536 is 4.

GCF(36516,36536) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36516 and 36536, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36516 and 36536.

How to find the GCF of 36516 and 36536?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36516 and 36536. After we will calculate the factors of 36516 and 36536 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36516

Prime factors of 36516 are 2, 3, 17, 179. Prime factorization of 36516 in exponential form is:

36516 = 2² × 3¹ × 17¹ × 179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36536

Prime factors of 36536 are 2, 4567. Prime factorization of 36536 in exponential form is:

36536 = 2³ × 4567¹

Step-3: Factors of 36516

List of positive integer factors of 36516 that divides 36516 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 17, 34, 51, 68, 102, 179, 204, 358, 537, 716, 1074, 2148, 3043, 6086, 9129, 12172, 18258

Step-4: Factors of 36536

List of positive integer factors of 36536 that divides 36516 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 4567, 9134, 18268

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36516 and 36536. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36516 and 36536 is 4.

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