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GCF and LCM of 36

Every pair this site works through that contains 36. 30 of them share a factor with it; 0 share nothing, which is its own kind of answer.

Shares a factor with 36

What 36 is made of

Every common factor 36 can share with anything comes from this list, which is why the pairs below look the way they do. 36 = 2² × 3², and that factorisation is unique — the fundamental theorem of arithmetic guarantees no other set of primes multiplies to it.

Divisors (9)
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36
As factor pairs
1×36, 2×18, 3×12, 4×9, 6×6
Prime factorisation
2² × 3²
Divisors excluding itself add to
55 — abundant

36 is a perfect square, so it has an odd number of divisors — the square root pairs with itself. The greatest common factor of 36 and any other number is the largest entry two lists like this one share.

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