What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36931 and 36940?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36931 and 36940 is 1.

GCF(36931,36940) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36931 and 36940, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36931 and 36940.

How to find the GCF of 36931 and 36940?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36931 and 36940. After we will calculate the factors of 36931 and 36940 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36931

Prime factors of 36931 are 36931. Prime factorization of 36931 in exponential form is:

36931 = 36931¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36940

Prime factors of 36940 are 2, 5, 1847. Prime factorization of 36940 in exponential form is:

36940 = 2² × 5¹ × 1847¹

Step-3: Factors of 36931

List of positive integer factors of 36931 that divides 36931 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 36940

List of positive integer factors of 36940 that divides 36931 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 1847, 3694, 7388, 9235, 18470

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36931 and 36940. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36931 and 36940 is 1.

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