What is the Greatest Common Factor of 35259 and 35268?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 35259 and 35268 is 3.

GCF(35259,35268) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 35259 and 35268, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 35259 and 35268.

How to find the GCF of 35259 and 35268?

We will first find the prime factorization of 35259 and 35268. After we will calculate the factors of 35259 and 35268 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 35259

Prime factors of 35259 are 3, 7, 23, 73. Prime factorization of 35259 in exponential form is:

35259 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 23¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 35268

Prime factors of 35268 are 2, 3, 2939. Prime factorization of 35268 in exponential form is:

35268 = 2² × 3¹ × 2939¹

Step-3: Factors of 35259

List of positive integer factors of 35259 that divides 35259 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 23, 69, 73, 161, 219, 483, 511, 1533, 1679, 5037, 11753

Step-4: Factors of 35268

List of positive integer factors of 35268 that divides 35259 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 2939, 5878, 8817, 11756, 17634

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 35259 and 35268. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 35259 and 35268 is 3.

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