What is the Greatest Common Factor of 35342 and 35346?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 35342 and 35346 is 2.

GCF(35342,35346) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 35342 and 35346, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 35342 and 35346.

How to find the GCF of 35342 and 35346?

We will first find the prime factorization of 35342 and 35346. After we will calculate the factors of 35342 and 35346 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 35342

Prime factors of 35342 are 2, 41, 431. Prime factorization of 35342 in exponential form is:

35342 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 431¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 35346

Prime factors of 35346 are 2, 3, 43, 137. Prime factorization of 35346 in exponential form is:

35346 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 43¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 35342

List of positive integer factors of 35342 that divides 35342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 431, 862, 17671

Step-4: Factors of 35346

List of positive integer factors of 35346 that divides 35342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 43, 86, 129, 137, 258, 274, 411, 822, 5891, 11782, 17673

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 35342 and 35346. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 35342 and 35346 is 2.

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