What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36576 and 36580?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36576 and 36580 is 4.

GCF(36576,36580) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36576 and 36580, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36576 and 36580.

How to find the GCF of 36576 and 36580?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36576 and 36580. After we will calculate the factors of 36576 and 36580 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36576

Prime factors of 36576 are 2, 3, 127. Prime factorization of 36576 in exponential form is:

36576 = 2⁵ × 3² × 127¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36580

Prime factors of 36580 are 2, 5, 31, 59. Prime factorization of 36580 in exponential form is:

36580 = 2² × 5¹ × 31¹ × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 36576

List of positive integer factors of 36576 that divides 36576 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 32, 36, 48, 72, 96, 127, 144, 254, 288, 381, 508, 762, 1016, 1143, 1524, 2032, 2286, 3048, 4064, 4572, 6096, 9144, 12192, 18288

Step-4: Factors of 36580

List of positive integer factors of 36580 that divides 36576 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 31, 59, 62, 118, 124, 155, 236, 295, 310, 590, 620, 1180, 1829, 3658, 7316, 9145, 18290

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36576 and 36580. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36576 and 36580 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 36576 and 36580