What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36729 and 36741?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36729 and 36741 is 3.

GCF(36729,36741) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36729 and 36741, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36729 and 36741.

How to find the GCF of 36729 and 36741?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36729 and 36741. After we will calculate the factors of 36729 and 36741 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36729

Prime factors of 36729 are 3, 7, 11, 53. Prime factorization of 36729 in exponential form is:

36729 = 3² × 7¹ × 11¹ × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36741

Prime factors of 36741 are 3, 37, 331. Prime factorization of 36741 in exponential form is:

36741 = 3¹ × 37¹ × 331¹

Step-3: Factors of 36729

List of positive integer factors of 36729 that divides 36729 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 21, 33, 53, 63, 77, 99, 159, 231, 371, 477, 583, 693, 1113, 1749, 3339, 4081, 5247, 12243

Step-4: Factors of 36741

List of positive integer factors of 36741 that divides 36729 without a remainder.

1, 3, 37, 111, 331, 993, 12247

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36729 and 36741. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36729 and 36741 is 3.

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