What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8464 and 8472?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8464 and 8472 is 8.

GCF(8464,8472) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8464 and 8472, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8464 and 8472.

How to find the GCF of 8464 and 8472?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8464 and 8472. After we will calculate the factors of 8464 and 8472 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8464

Prime factors of 8464 are 2, 23. Prime factorization of 8464 in exponential form is:

8464 = 2⁴ × 23²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8472

Prime factors of 8472 are 2, 3, 353. Prime factorization of 8472 in exponential form is:

8472 = 2³ × 3¹ × 353¹

Step-3: Factors of 8464

List of positive integer factors of 8464 that divides 8464 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 23, 46, 92, 184, 368, 529, 1058, 2116, 4232

Step-4: Factors of 8472

List of positive integer factors of 8472 that divides 8464 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 353, 706, 1059, 1412, 2118, 2824, 4236

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8464 and 8472. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8464 and 8472 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8464 and 8472