What is the Greatest Common Factor of 35961 and 35970?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 35961 and 35970 is 3.

GCF(35961,35970) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 35961 and 35970, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 35961 and 35970.

How to find the GCF of 35961 and 35970?

We will first find the prime factorization of 35961 and 35970. After we will calculate the factors of 35961 and 35970 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 35961

Prime factors of 35961 are 3, 11987. Prime factorization of 35961 in exponential form is:

35961 = 3¹ × 11987¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 35970

Prime factors of 35970 are 2, 3, 5, 11, 109. Prime factorization of 35970 in exponential form is:

35970 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 11¹ × 109¹

Step-3: Factors of 35961

List of positive integer factors of 35961 that divides 35961 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11987

Step-4: Factors of 35970

List of positive integer factors of 35970 that divides 35961 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 15, 22, 30, 33, 55, 66, 109, 110, 165, 218, 327, 330, 545, 654, 1090, 1199, 1635, 2398, 3270, 3597, 5995, 7194, 11990, 17985

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 35961 and 35970. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 35961 and 35970 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 35961 and 35970