What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8412 and 8432?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8412 and 8432 is 4.

GCF(8412,8432) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8412 and 8432, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8412 and 8432.

How to find the GCF of 8412 and 8432?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8412 and 8432. After we will calculate the factors of 8412 and 8432 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8412

Prime factors of 8412 are 2, 3, 701. Prime factorization of 8412 in exponential form is:

8412 = 2² × 3¹ × 701¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8432

Prime factors of 8432 are 2, 17, 31. Prime factorization of 8432 in exponential form is:

8432 = 2⁴ × 17¹ × 31¹

Step-3: Factors of 8412

List of positive integer factors of 8412 that divides 8412 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 701, 1402, 2103, 2804, 4206

Step-4: Factors of 8432

List of positive integer factors of 8432 that divides 8412 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 17, 31, 34, 62, 68, 124, 136, 248, 272, 496, 527, 1054, 2108, 4216

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8412 and 8432. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8412 and 8432 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8412 and 8432