What is the Greatest Common Factor of 35927 and 35940?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 35927 and 35940 is 1.

GCF(35927,35940) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 35927 and 35940, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 35927 and 35940.

How to find the GCF of 35927 and 35940?

We will first find the prime factorization of 35927 and 35940. After we will calculate the factors of 35927 and 35940 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 35927

Prime factors of 35927 are 37, 971. Prime factorization of 35927 in exponential form is:

35927 = 37¹ × 971¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 35940

Prime factors of 35940 are 2, 3, 5, 599. Prime factorization of 35940 in exponential form is:

35940 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 599¹

Step-3: Factors of 35927

List of positive integer factors of 35927 that divides 35927 without a remainder.

1, 37, 971

Step-4: Factors of 35940

List of positive integer factors of 35940 that divides 35927 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60, 599, 1198, 1797, 2396, 2995, 3594, 5990, 7188, 8985, 11980, 17970

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 35927 and 35940. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 35927 and 35940 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 35927 and 35940