What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36556 and 36560?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36556 and 36560 is 4.

GCF(36556,36560) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36556 and 36560, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36556 and 36560.

How to find the GCF of 36556 and 36560?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36556 and 36560. After we will calculate the factors of 36556 and 36560 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36556

Prime factors of 36556 are 2, 13, 19, 37. Prime factorization of 36556 in exponential form is:

36556 = 2² × 13¹ × 19¹ × 37¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36560

Prime factors of 36560 are 2, 5, 457. Prime factorization of 36560 in exponential form is:

36560 = 2⁴ × 5¹ × 457¹

Step-3: Factors of 36556

List of positive integer factors of 36556 that divides 36556 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 19, 26, 37, 38, 52, 74, 76, 148, 247, 481, 494, 703, 962, 988, 1406, 1924, 2812, 9139, 18278

Step-4: Factors of 36560

List of positive integer factors of 36560 that divides 36556 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80, 457, 914, 1828, 2285, 3656, 4570, 7312, 9140, 18280

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36556 and 36560. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36556 and 36560 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 36556 and 36560