What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36740 and 36751?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36740 and 36751 is 11.

GCF(36740,36751) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36740 and 36751, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36740 and 36751.

How to find the GCF of 36740 and 36751?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36740 and 36751. After we will calculate the factors of 36740 and 36751 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36740

Prime factors of 36740 are 2, 5, 11, 167. Prime factorization of 36740 in exponential form is:

36740 = 2² × 5¹ × 11¹ × 167¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36751

Prime factors of 36751 are 11, 13, 257. Prime factorization of 36751 in exponential form is:

36751 = 11¹ × 13¹ × 257¹

Step-3: Factors of 36740

List of positive integer factors of 36740 that divides 36740 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 20, 22, 44, 55, 110, 167, 220, 334, 668, 835, 1670, 1837, 3340, 3674, 7348, 9185, 18370

Step-4: Factors of 36751

List of positive integer factors of 36751 that divides 36740 without a remainder.

1, 11, 13, 143, 257, 2827, 3341

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36740 and 36751. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36740 and 36751 is 11.

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