What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36705 and 36717?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36705 and 36717 is 3.

GCF(36705,36717) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36705 and 36717, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36705 and 36717.

How to find the GCF of 36705 and 36717?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36705 and 36717. After we will calculate the factors of 36705 and 36717 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36705

Prime factors of 36705 are 3, 5, 2447. Prime factorization of 36705 in exponential form is:

36705 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 2447¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36717

Prime factors of 36717 are 3, 12239. Prime factorization of 36717 in exponential form is:

36717 = 3¹ × 12239¹

Step-3: Factors of 36705

List of positive integer factors of 36705 that divides 36705 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 2447, 7341, 12235

Step-4: Factors of 36717

List of positive integer factors of 36717 that divides 36705 without a remainder.

1, 3, 12239

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36705 and 36717. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36705 and 36717 is 3.

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