What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36550 and 36561?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36550 and 36561 is 1.

GCF(36550,36561) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36550 and 36561, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36550 and 36561.

How to find the GCF of 36550 and 36561?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36550 and 36561. After we will calculate the factors of 36550 and 36561 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36550

Prime factors of 36550 are 2, 5, 17, 43. Prime factorization of 36550 in exponential form is:

36550 = 2¹ × 5² × 17¹ × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36561

Prime factors of 36561 are 3, 7, 1741. Prime factorization of 36561 in exponential form is:

36561 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 1741¹

Step-3: Factors of 36550

List of positive integer factors of 36550 that divides 36550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 17, 25, 34, 43, 50, 85, 86, 170, 215, 425, 430, 731, 850, 1075, 1462, 2150, 3655, 7310, 18275

Step-4: Factors of 36561

List of positive integer factors of 36561 that divides 36550 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 1741, 5223, 12187

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36550 and 36561. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36550 and 36561 is 1.

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