What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36850 and 36861?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36850 and 36861 is 11.

GCF(36850,36861) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36850 and 36861, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36850 and 36861.

How to find the GCF of 36850 and 36861?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36850 and 36861. After we will calculate the factors of 36850 and 36861 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36850

Prime factors of 36850 are 2, 5, 11, 67. Prime factorization of 36850 in exponential form is:

36850 = 2¹ × 5² × 11¹ × 67¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36861

Prime factors of 36861 are 3, 11, 1117. Prime factorization of 36861 in exponential form is:

36861 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 1117¹

Step-3: Factors of 36850

List of positive integer factors of 36850 that divides 36850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 22, 25, 50, 55, 67, 110, 134, 275, 335, 550, 670, 737, 1474, 1675, 3350, 3685, 7370, 18425

Step-4: Factors of 36861

List of positive integer factors of 36861 that divides 36850 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 1117, 3351, 12287

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36850 and 36861. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36850 and 36861 is 11.

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