What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36590 and 36609?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36590 and 36609 is 1.

GCF(36590,36609) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36590 and 36609, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36590 and 36609.

How to find the GCF of 36590 and 36609?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36590 and 36609. After we will calculate the factors of 36590 and 36609 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36590

Prime factors of 36590 are 2, 5, 3659. Prime factorization of 36590 in exponential form is:

36590 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 3659¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36609

Prime factors of 36609 are 3, 12203. Prime factorization of 36609 in exponential form is:

36609 = 3¹ × 12203¹

Step-3: Factors of 36590

List of positive integer factors of 36590 that divides 36590 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 3659, 7318, 18295

Step-4: Factors of 36609

List of positive integer factors of 36609 that divides 36590 without a remainder.

1, 3, 12203

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36590 and 36609. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36590 and 36609 is 1.

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