What is the Greatest Common Factor of 37156 and 37161?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 37156 and 37161 is 1.

GCF(37156,37161) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 37156 and 37161, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 37156 and 37161.

How to find the GCF of 37156 and 37161?

We will first find the prime factorization of 37156 and 37161. After we will calculate the factors of 37156 and 37161 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 37156

Prime factors of 37156 are 2, 7, 1327. Prime factorization of 37156 in exponential form is:

37156 = 2² × 7¹ × 1327¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 37161

Prime factors of 37161 are 3, 4129. Prime factorization of 37161 in exponential form is:

37161 = 3² × 4129¹

Step-3: Factors of 37156

List of positive integer factors of 37156 that divides 37156 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 1327, 2654, 5308, 9289, 18578

Step-4: Factors of 37161

List of positive integer factors of 37161 that divides 37156 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 4129, 12387

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 37156 and 37161. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 37156 and 37161 is 1.

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