What is the Greatest Common Factor of 35973 and 35982?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 35973 and 35982 is 9.

GCF(35973,35982) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 35973 and 35982, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 35973 and 35982.

How to find the GCF of 35973 and 35982?

We will first find the prime factorization of 35973 and 35982. After we will calculate the factors of 35973 and 35982 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 35973

Prime factors of 35973 are 3, 7, 571. Prime factorization of 35973 in exponential form is:

35973 = 3² × 7¹ × 571¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 35982

Prime factors of 35982 are 2, 3, 1999. Prime factorization of 35982 in exponential form is:

35982 = 2¹ × 3² × 1999¹

Step-3: Factors of 35973

List of positive integer factors of 35973 that divides 35973 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63, 571, 1713, 3997, 5139, 11991

Step-4: Factors of 35982

List of positive integer factors of 35982 that divides 35973 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 1999, 3998, 5997, 11994, 17991

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 35973 and 35982. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 35973 and 35982 is 9.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 35973 and 35982