What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36521 and 36526?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36521 and 36526 is 1.

GCF(36521,36526) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36521 and 36526, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36521 and 36526.

How to find the GCF of 36521 and 36526?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36521 and 36526. After we will calculate the factors of 36521 and 36526 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36521

Prime factors of 36521 are 59, 619. Prime factorization of 36521 in exponential form is:

36521 = 59¹ × 619¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36526

Prime factors of 36526 are 2, 7, 2609. Prime factorization of 36526 in exponential form is:

36526 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 2609¹

Step-3: Factors of 36521

List of positive integer factors of 36521 that divides 36521 without a remainder.

1, 59, 619

Step-4: Factors of 36526

List of positive integer factors of 36526 that divides 36521 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 2609, 5218, 18263

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36521 and 36526. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36521 and 36526 is 1.

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