What is the Greatest Common Factor of 37198 and 37205?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 37198 and 37205 is 7.

GCF(37198,37205) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 37198 and 37205, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 37198 and 37205.

How to find the GCF of 37198 and 37205?

We will first find the prime factorization of 37198 and 37205. After we will calculate the factors of 37198 and 37205 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 37198

Prime factors of 37198 are 2, 7, 2657. Prime factorization of 37198 in exponential form is:

37198 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 2657¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 37205

Prime factors of 37205 are 5, 7, 1063. Prime factorization of 37205 in exponential form is:

37205 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 1063¹

Step-3: Factors of 37198

List of positive integer factors of 37198 that divides 37198 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 2657, 5314, 18599

Step-4: Factors of 37205

List of positive integer factors of 37205 that divides 37198 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 1063, 5315, 7441

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 37198 and 37205. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 37198 and 37205 is 7.

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