What is the Greatest Common Factor of 35847 and 35859?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 35847 and 35859 is 3.

GCF(35847,35859) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 35847 and 35859, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 35847 and 35859.

How to find the GCF of 35847 and 35859?

We will first find the prime factorization of 35847 and 35859. After we will calculate the factors of 35847 and 35859 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 35847

Prime factors of 35847 are 3, 7, 569. Prime factorization of 35847 in exponential form is:

35847 = 3² × 7¹ × 569¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 35859

Prime factors of 35859 are 3, 11953. Prime factorization of 35859 in exponential form is:

35859 = 3¹ × 11953¹

Step-3: Factors of 35847

List of positive integer factors of 35847 that divides 35847 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63, 569, 1707, 3983, 5121, 11949

Step-4: Factors of 35859

List of positive integer factors of 35859 that divides 35847 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11953

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 35847 and 35859. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 35847 and 35859 is 3.

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