What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36538 and 36548?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36538 and 36548 is 2.

GCF(36538,36548) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36538 and 36548, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36538 and 36548.

How to find the GCF of 36538 and 36548?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36538 and 36548. After we will calculate the factors of 36538 and 36548 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36538

Prime factors of 36538 are 2, 18269. Prime factorization of 36538 in exponential form is:

36538 = 2¹ × 18269¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36548

Prime factors of 36548 are 2, 9137. Prime factorization of 36548 in exponential form is:

36548 = 2² × 9137¹

Step-3: Factors of 36538

List of positive integer factors of 36538 that divides 36538 without a remainder.

1, 2, 18269

Step-4: Factors of 36548

List of positive integer factors of 36548 that divides 36538 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 9137, 18274

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36538 and 36548. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36538 and 36548 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 36538 and 36548