What is the Greatest Common Factor of 35963 and 35978?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 35963 and 35978 is 1.

GCF(35963,35978) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 35963 and 35978, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 35963 and 35978.

How to find the GCF of 35963 and 35978?

We will first find the prime factorization of 35963 and 35978. After we will calculate the factors of 35963 and 35978 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 35963

Prime factors of 35963 are 35963. Prime factorization of 35963 in exponential form is:

35963 = 35963¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 35978

Prime factors of 35978 are 2, 17989. Prime factorization of 35978 in exponential form is:

35978 = 2¹ × 17989¹

Step-3: Factors of 35963

List of positive integer factors of 35963 that divides 35963 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 35978

List of positive integer factors of 35978 that divides 35963 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17989

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 35963 and 35978. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 35963 and 35978 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 35963 and 35978