What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36849 and 36857?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36849 and 36857 is 1.

GCF(36849,36857) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36849 and 36857, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36849 and 36857.

How to find the GCF of 36849 and 36857?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36849 and 36857. After we will calculate the factors of 36849 and 36857 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36849

Prime factors of 36849 are 3, 71, 173. Prime factorization of 36849 in exponential form is:

36849 = 3¹ × 71¹ × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36857

Prime factors of 36857 are 36857. Prime factorization of 36857 in exponential form is:

36857 = 36857¹

Step-3: Factors of 36849

List of positive integer factors of 36849 that divides 36849 without a remainder.

1, 3, 71, 173, 213, 519, 12283

Step-4: Factors of 36857

List of positive integer factors of 36857 that divides 36849 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36849 and 36857. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36849 and 36857 is 1.

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