What is the Greatest Common Factor of 35772 and 35787?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 35772 and 35787 is 3.

GCF(35772,35787) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 35772 and 35787, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 35772 and 35787.

How to find the GCF of 35772 and 35787?

We will first find the prime factorization of 35772 and 35787. After we will calculate the factors of 35772 and 35787 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 35772

Prime factors of 35772 are 2, 3, 11, 271. Prime factorization of 35772 in exponential form is:

35772 = 2² × 3¹ × 11¹ × 271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 35787

Prime factors of 35787 are 3, 79, 151. Prime factorization of 35787 in exponential form is:

35787 = 3¹ × 79¹ × 151¹

Step-3: Factors of 35772

List of positive integer factors of 35772 that divides 35772 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 22, 33, 44, 66, 132, 271, 542, 813, 1084, 1626, 2981, 3252, 5962, 8943, 11924, 17886

Step-4: Factors of 35787

List of positive integer factors of 35787 that divides 35772 without a remainder.

1, 3, 79, 151, 237, 453, 11929

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 35772 and 35787. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 35772 and 35787 is 3.

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