What is the Greatest Common Factor of 35844 and 35848?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 35844 and 35848 is 4.

GCF(35844,35848) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 35844 and 35848, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 35844 and 35848.

How to find the GCF of 35844 and 35848?

We will first find the prime factorization of 35844 and 35848. After we will calculate the factors of 35844 and 35848 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 35844

Prime factors of 35844 are 2, 3, 29, 103. Prime factorization of 35844 in exponential form is:

35844 = 2² × 3¹ × 29¹ × 103¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 35848

Prime factors of 35848 are 2, 4481. Prime factorization of 35848 in exponential form is:

35848 = 2³ × 4481¹

Step-3: Factors of 35844

List of positive integer factors of 35844 that divides 35844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 29, 58, 87, 103, 116, 174, 206, 309, 348, 412, 618, 1236, 2987, 5974, 8961, 11948, 17922

Step-4: Factors of 35848

List of positive integer factors of 35848 that divides 35844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 4481, 8962, 17924

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 35844 and 35848. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 35844 and 35848 is 4.

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