What is the Greatest Common Factor of 35918 and 35924?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 35918 and 35924 is 2.

GCF(35918,35924) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 35918 and 35924, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 35918 and 35924.

How to find the GCF of 35918 and 35924?

We will first find the prime factorization of 35918 and 35924. After we will calculate the factors of 35918 and 35924 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 35918

Prime factors of 35918 are 2, 17959. Prime factorization of 35918 in exponential form is:

35918 = 2¹ × 17959¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 35924

Prime factors of 35924 are 2, 7, 1283. Prime factorization of 35924 in exponential form is:

35924 = 2² × 7¹ × 1283¹

Step-3: Factors of 35918

List of positive integer factors of 35918 that divides 35918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17959

Step-4: Factors of 35924

List of positive integer factors of 35924 that divides 35918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 1283, 2566, 5132, 8981, 17962

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 35918 and 35924. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 35918 and 35924 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 35918 and 35924