What is the Greatest Common Factor of 35967 and 35978?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 35967 and 35978 is 1.

GCF(35967,35978) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 35967 and 35978, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 35967 and 35978.

How to find the GCF of 35967 and 35978?

We will first find the prime factorization of 35967 and 35978. After we will calculate the factors of 35967 and 35978 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 35967

Prime factors of 35967 are 3, 19, 631. Prime factorization of 35967 in exponential form is:

35967 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 631¹

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 35967

List of positive integer factors of 35967 that divides 35967 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 631, 1893, 11989

Step-4: Factors of 35978

List of positive integer factors of 35978 that divides 35967 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17989

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 35967 and 35978. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 35967 and 35978 is 1.

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