What is the Greatest Common Factor of 35941 and 35946?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 35941 and 35946 is 1.

GCF(35941,35946) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 35941 and 35946, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 35941 and 35946.

How to find the GCF of 35941 and 35946?

We will first find the prime factorization of 35941 and 35946. After we will calculate the factors of 35941 and 35946 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 35941

Prime factors of 35941 are 127, 283. Prime factorization of 35941 in exponential form is:

35941 = 127¹ × 283¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 35946

Prime factors of 35946 are 2, 3, 1997. Prime factorization of 35946 in exponential form is:

35946 = 2¹ × 3² × 1997¹

Step-3: Factors of 35941

List of positive integer factors of 35941 that divides 35941 without a remainder.

1, 127, 283

Step-4: Factors of 35946

List of positive integer factors of 35946 that divides 35941 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 1997, 3994, 5991, 11982, 17973

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 35941 and 35946. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 35941 and 35946 is 1.

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