What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36574 and 36579?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36574 and 36579 is 1.

GCF(36574,36579) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36574 and 36579, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36574 and 36579.

How to find the GCF of 36574 and 36579?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36574 and 36579. After we will calculate the factors of 36574 and 36579 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36574

Prime factors of 36574 are 2, 18287. Prime factorization of 36574 in exponential form is:

36574 = 2¹ × 18287¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36579

Prime factors of 36579 are 3, 89, 137. Prime factorization of 36579 in exponential form is:

36579 = 3¹ × 89¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 36574

List of positive integer factors of 36574 that divides 36574 without a remainder.

1, 2, 18287

Step-4: Factors of 36579

List of positive integer factors of 36579 that divides 36574 without a remainder.

1, 3, 89, 137, 267, 411, 12193

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36574 and 36579. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36574 and 36579 is 1.

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