What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8402 and 8408?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8402 and 8408 is 2.

GCF(8402,8408) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8402 and 8408, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8402 and 8408.

How to find the GCF of 8402 and 8408?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8402 and 8408. After we will calculate the factors of 8402 and 8408 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8402

Prime factors of 8402 are 2, 4201. Prime factorization of 8402 in exponential form is:

8402 = 2¹ × 4201¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8408

Prime factors of 8408 are 2, 1051. Prime factorization of 8408 in exponential form is:

8408 = 2³ × 1051¹

Step-3: Factors of 8402

List of positive integer factors of 8402 that divides 8402 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4201

Step-4: Factors of 8408

List of positive integer factors of 8408 that divides 8402 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 1051, 2102, 4204

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8402 and 8408. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8402 and 8408 is 2.

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