What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36782 and 36786?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36782 and 36786 is 2.

GCF(36782,36786) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36782 and 36786, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36782 and 36786.

How to find the GCF of 36782 and 36786?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36782 and 36786. After we will calculate the factors of 36782 and 36786 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36782

Prime factors of 36782 are 2, 53, 347. Prime factorization of 36782 in exponential form is:

36782 = 2¹ × 53¹ × 347¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36786

Prime factors of 36786 are 2, 3, 6131. Prime factorization of 36786 in exponential form is:

36786 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 6131¹

Step-3: Factors of 36782

List of positive integer factors of 36782 that divides 36782 without a remainder.

1, 2, 53, 106, 347, 694, 18391

Step-4: Factors of 36786

List of positive integer factors of 36786 that divides 36782 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 6131, 12262, 18393

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36782 and 36786. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36782 and 36786 is 2.

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