What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36578 and 36596?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36578 and 36596 is 2.

GCF(36578,36596) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36578 and 36596, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36578 and 36596.

How to find the GCF of 36578 and 36596?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36578 and 36596. After we will calculate the factors of 36578 and 36596 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36578

Prime factors of 36578 are 2, 18289. Prime factorization of 36578 in exponential form is:

36578 = 2¹ × 18289¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36596

Prime factors of 36596 are 2, 7, 1307. Prime factorization of 36596 in exponential form is:

36596 = 2² × 7¹ × 1307¹

Step-3: Factors of 36578

List of positive integer factors of 36578 that divides 36578 without a remainder.

1, 2, 18289

Step-4: Factors of 36596

List of positive integer factors of 36596 that divides 36578 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 1307, 2614, 5228, 9149, 18298

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36578 and 36596. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36578 and 36596 is 2.

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