What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36942 and 36953?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36942 and 36953 is 1.

GCF(36942,36953) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36942 and 36953, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36942 and 36953.

How to find the GCF of 36942 and 36953?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36942 and 36953. After we will calculate the factors of 36942 and 36953 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36942

Prime factors of 36942 are 2, 3, 47, 131. Prime factorization of 36942 in exponential form is:

36942 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 47¹ × 131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36953

Prime factors of 36953 are 7, 5279. Prime factorization of 36953 in exponential form is:

36953 = 7¹ × 5279¹

Step-3: Factors of 36942

List of positive integer factors of 36942 that divides 36942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 47, 94, 131, 141, 262, 282, 393, 786, 6157, 12314, 18471

Step-4: Factors of 36953

List of positive integer factors of 36953 that divides 36942 without a remainder.

1, 7, 5279

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36942 and 36953. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36942 and 36953 is 1.

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