What is the Greatest Common Factor of 35871 and 35883?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 35871 and 35883 is 3.

GCF(35871,35883) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 35871 and 35883, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 35871 and 35883.

How to find the GCF of 35871 and 35883?

We will first find the prime factorization of 35871 and 35883. After we will calculate the factors of 35871 and 35883 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 35871

Prime factors of 35871 are 3, 11, 1087. Prime factorization of 35871 in exponential form is:

35871 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 1087¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 35883

Prime factors of 35883 are 3, 443. Prime factorization of 35883 in exponential form is:

35883 = 3⁴ × 443¹

Step-3: Factors of 35871

List of positive integer factors of 35871 that divides 35871 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 1087, 3261, 11957

Step-4: Factors of 35883

List of positive integer factors of 35883 that divides 35871 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 443, 1329, 3987, 11961

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 35871 and 35883. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 35871 and 35883 is 3.

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