What is the Greatest Common Factor of 35967 and 35986?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 35967 and 35986 is 19.

GCF(35967,35986) = 19

We will now calculate the prime factors of 35967 and 35986, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 35967 and 35986.

How to find the GCF of 35967 and 35986?

We will first find the prime factorization of 35967 and 35986. After we will calculate the factors of 35967 and 35986 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 35986

Prime factors of 35986 are 2, 19, 947. Prime factorization of 35986 in exponential form is:

35986 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 947¹

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 35986

List of positive integer factors of 35986 that divides 35967 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 947, 1894, 17993

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 35967 and 35986. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 35967 and 35986 is 19.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 35967 and 35986