What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36868 and 36887?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36868 and 36887 is 1.

GCF(36868,36887) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36868 and 36887, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36868 and 36887.

How to find the GCF of 36868 and 36887?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36868 and 36887. After we will calculate the factors of 36868 and 36887 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36868

Prime factors of 36868 are 2, 13, 709. Prime factorization of 36868 in exponential form is:

36868 = 2² × 13¹ × 709¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36887

Prime factors of 36887 are 36887. Prime factorization of 36887 in exponential form is:

36887 = 36887¹

Step-3: Factors of 36868

List of positive integer factors of 36868 that divides 36868 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 709, 1418, 2836, 9217, 18434

Step-4: Factors of 36887

List of positive integer factors of 36887 that divides 36868 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36868 and 36887. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36868 and 36887 is 1.

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