What is the Greatest Common Factor of 35715 and 35727?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 35715 and 35727 is 3.

GCF(35715,35727) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 35715 and 35727, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 35715 and 35727.

How to find the GCF of 35715 and 35727?

We will first find the prime factorization of 35715 and 35727. After we will calculate the factors of 35715 and 35727 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 35715

Prime factors of 35715 are 3, 5, 2381. Prime factorization of 35715 in exponential form is:

35715 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 2381¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 35727

Prime factors of 35727 are 3, 11909. Prime factorization of 35727 in exponential form is:

35727 = 3¹ × 11909¹

Step-3: Factors of 35715

List of positive integer factors of 35715 that divides 35715 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 2381, 7143, 11905

Step-4: Factors of 35727

List of positive integer factors of 35727 that divides 35715 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11909

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 35715 and 35727. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 35715 and 35727 is 3.

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