What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36679 and 36687?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36679 and 36687 is 1.

GCF(36679,36687) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36679 and 36687, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36679 and 36687.

How to find the GCF of 36679 and 36687?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36679 and 36687. After we will calculate the factors of 36679 and 36687 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36679

Prime factors of 36679 are 43, 853. Prime factorization of 36679 in exponential form is:

36679 = 43¹ × 853¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36687

Prime factors of 36687 are 3, 7, 1747. Prime factorization of 36687 in exponential form is:

36687 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 1747¹

Step-3: Factors of 36679

List of positive integer factors of 36679 that divides 36679 without a remainder.

1, 43, 853

Step-4: Factors of 36687

List of positive integer factors of 36687 that divides 36679 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 1747, 5241, 12229

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36679 and 36687. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36679 and 36687 is 1.

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