What is the Greatest Common Factor of 37644 and 37656?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 37644 and 37656 is 12.

GCF(37644,37656) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 37644 and 37656, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 37644 and 37656.

How to find the GCF of 37644 and 37656?

We will first find the prime factorization of 37644 and 37656. After we will calculate the factors of 37644 and 37656 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 37644

Prime factors of 37644 are 2, 3, 3137. Prime factorization of 37644 in exponential form is:

37644 = 2² × 3¹ × 3137¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 37656

Prime factors of 37656 are 2, 3, 523. Prime factorization of 37656 in exponential form is:

37656 = 2³ × 3² × 523¹

Step-3: Factors of 37644

List of positive integer factors of 37644 that divides 37644 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 3137, 6274, 9411, 12548, 18822

Step-4: Factors of 37656

List of positive integer factors of 37656 that divides 37644 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 72, 523, 1046, 1569, 2092, 3138, 4184, 4707, 6276, 9414, 12552, 18828

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 37644 and 37656. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 37644 and 37656 is 12.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 37644 and 37656