What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36861 and 36869?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36861 and 36869 is 1.

GCF(36861,36869) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36861 and 36869, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36861 and 36869.

How to find the GCF of 36861 and 36869?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36861 and 36869. After we will calculate the factors of 36861 and 36869 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 36869

Prime factors of 36869 are 7, 23, 229. Prime factorization of 36869 in exponential form is:

36869 = 7¹ × 23¹ × 229¹

Step-3: Factors of 36861

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 36869

List of positive integer factors of 36869 that divides 36861 without a remainder.

1, 7, 23, 161, 229, 1603, 5267

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36861 and 36869. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36861 and 36869 is 1.

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