What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36715 and 36725?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36715 and 36725 is 5.

GCF(36715,36725) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36715 and 36725, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36715 and 36725.

How to find the GCF of 36715 and 36725?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36715 and 36725. After we will calculate the factors of 36715 and 36725 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36715

Prime factors of 36715 are 5, 7, 1049. Prime factorization of 36715 in exponential form is:

36715 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 1049¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36725

Prime factors of 36725 are 5, 13, 113. Prime factorization of 36725 in exponential form is:

36725 = 5² × 13¹ × 113¹

Step-3: Factors of 36715

List of positive integer factors of 36715 that divides 36715 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 1049, 5245, 7343

Step-4: Factors of 36725

List of positive integer factors of 36725 that divides 36715 without a remainder.

1, 5, 13, 25, 65, 113, 325, 565, 1469, 2825, 7345

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36715 and 36725. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36715 and 36725 is 5.

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