What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36939 and 36947?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36939 and 36947 is 1.

GCF(36939,36947) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36939 and 36947, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36939 and 36947.

How to find the GCF of 36939 and 36947?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36939 and 36947. After we will calculate the factors of 36939 and 36947 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36939

Prime factors of 36939 are 3, 7, 1759. Prime factorization of 36939 in exponential form is:

36939 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 1759¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36947

Prime factors of 36947 are 36947. Prime factorization of 36947 in exponential form is:

36947 = 36947¹

Step-3: Factors of 36939

List of positive integer factors of 36939 that divides 36939 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 1759, 5277, 12313

Step-4: Factors of 36947

List of positive integer factors of 36947 that divides 36939 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36939 and 36947. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36939 and 36947 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 36939 and 36947