What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8404 and 8408?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8404 and 8408 is 4.

GCF(8404,8408) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8404 and 8408, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8404 and 8408.

How to find the GCF of 8404 and 8408?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8404 and 8408. After we will calculate the factors of 8404 and 8408 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8404

Prime factors of 8404 are 2, 11, 191. Prime factorization of 8404 in exponential form is:

8404 = 2² × 11¹ × 191¹

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 8404

List of positive integer factors of 8404 that divides 8404 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 191, 382, 764, 2101, 4202

Step-4: Factors of 8408

List of positive integer factors of 8408 that divides 8404 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8404 and 8408. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8404 and 8408 is 4.

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