What is the Greatest Common Factor of 37556 and 37560?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 37556 and 37560 is 4.

GCF(37556,37560) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 37556 and 37560, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 37556 and 37560.

How to find the GCF of 37556 and 37560?

We will first find the prime factorization of 37556 and 37560. After we will calculate the factors of 37556 and 37560 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 37556

Prime factors of 37556 are 2, 41, 229. Prime factorization of 37556 in exponential form is:

37556 = 2² × 41¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 37560

Prime factors of 37560 are 2, 3, 5, 313. Prime factorization of 37560 in exponential form is:

37560 = 2³ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 313¹

Step-3: Factors of 37556

List of positive integer factors of 37556 that divides 37556 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 41, 82, 164, 229, 458, 916, 9389, 18778

Step-4: Factors of 37560

List of positive integer factors of 37560 that divides 37556 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30, 40, 60, 120, 313, 626, 939, 1252, 1565, 1878, 2504, 3130, 3756, 4695, 6260, 7512, 9390, 12520, 18780

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 37556 and 37560. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 37556 and 37560 is 4.

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