What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36718 and 36737?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36718 and 36737 is 1.

GCF(36718,36737) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36718 and 36737, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36718 and 36737.

How to find the GCF of 36718 and 36737?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36718 and 36737. After we will calculate the factors of 36718 and 36737 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36718

Prime factors of 36718 are 2, 11, 1669. Prime factorization of 36718 in exponential form is:

36718 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 1669¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36737

Prime factors of 36737 are 17, 2161. Prime factorization of 36737 in exponential form is:

36737 = 17¹ × 2161¹

Step-3: Factors of 36718

List of positive integer factors of 36718 that divides 36718 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 1669, 3338, 18359

Step-4: Factors of 36737

List of positive integer factors of 36737 that divides 36718 without a remainder.

1, 17, 2161

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36718 and 36737. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36718 and 36737 is 1.

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