What is the Greatest Common Factor of 35542 and 35560?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 35542 and 35560 is 2.

GCF(35542,35560) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 35542 and 35560, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 35542 and 35560.

How to find the GCF of 35542 and 35560?

We will first find the prime factorization of 35542 and 35560. After we will calculate the factors of 35542 and 35560 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 35542

Prime factors of 35542 are 2, 13, 1367. Prime factorization of 35542 in exponential form is:

35542 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 1367¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 35560

Prime factors of 35560 are 2, 5, 7, 127. Prime factorization of 35560 in exponential form is:

35560 = 2³ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 127¹

Step-3: Factors of 35542

List of positive integer factors of 35542 that divides 35542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 1367, 2734, 17771

Step-4: Factors of 35560

List of positive integer factors of 35560 that divides 35542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 14, 20, 28, 35, 40, 56, 70, 127, 140, 254, 280, 508, 635, 889, 1016, 1270, 1778, 2540, 3556, 4445, 5080, 7112, 8890, 17780

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 35542 and 35560. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 35542 and 35560 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 35542 and 35560