What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36616 and 36621?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36616 and 36621 is 1.

GCF(36616,36621) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36616 and 36621, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36616 and 36621.

How to find the GCF of 36616 and 36621?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36616 and 36621. After we will calculate the factors of 36616 and 36621 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36616

Prime factors of 36616 are 2, 23, 199. Prime factorization of 36616 in exponential form is:

36616 = 2³ × 23¹ × 199¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36621

Prime factors of 36621 are 3, 13, 313. Prime factorization of 36621 in exponential form is:

36621 = 3² × 13¹ × 313¹

Step-3: Factors of 36616

List of positive integer factors of 36616 that divides 36616 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 23, 46, 92, 184, 199, 398, 796, 1592, 4577, 9154, 18308

Step-4: Factors of 36621

List of positive integer factors of 36621 that divides 36616 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 13, 39, 117, 313, 939, 2817, 4069, 12207

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36616 and 36621. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36616 and 36621 is 1.

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