What is the Greatest Common Factor of 35236 and 35246?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 35236 and 35246 is 2.

GCF(35236,35246) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 35236 and 35246, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 35236 and 35246.

How to find the GCF of 35236 and 35246?

We will first find the prime factorization of 35236 and 35246. After we will calculate the factors of 35236 and 35246 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 35236

Prime factors of 35236 are 2, 23, 383. Prime factorization of 35236 in exponential form is:

35236 = 2² × 23¹ × 383¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 35246

Prime factors of 35246 are 2, 17623. Prime factorization of 35246 in exponential form is:

35246 = 2¹ × 17623¹

Step-3: Factors of 35236

List of positive integer factors of 35236 that divides 35236 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 46, 92, 383, 766, 1532, 8809, 17618

Step-4: Factors of 35246

List of positive integer factors of 35246 that divides 35236 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17623

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 35236 and 35246. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 35236 and 35246 is 2.

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