What is the Greatest Common Factor of 35949 and 35966?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 35949 and 35966 is 1.

GCF(35949,35966) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 35949 and 35966, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 35949 and 35966.

How to find the GCF of 35949 and 35966?

We will first find the prime factorization of 35949 and 35966. After we will calculate the factors of 35949 and 35966 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 35949

Prime factors of 35949 are 3, 23, 521. Prime factorization of 35949 in exponential form is:

35949 = 3¹ × 23¹ × 521¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 35966

Prime factors of 35966 are 2, 7, 367. Prime factorization of 35966 in exponential form is:

35966 = 2¹ × 7² × 367¹

Step-3: Factors of 35949

List of positive integer factors of 35949 that divides 35949 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 69, 521, 1563, 11983

Step-4: Factors of 35966

List of positive integer factors of 35966 that divides 35949 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98, 367, 734, 2569, 5138, 17983

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 35949 and 35966. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 35949 and 35966 is 1.

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