What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8476 and 8486?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8476 and 8486 is 2.

GCF(8476,8486) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8476 and 8486, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8476 and 8486.

How to find the GCF of 8476 and 8486?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8476 and 8486. After we will calculate the factors of 8476 and 8486 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8476

Prime factors of 8476 are 2, 13, 163. Prime factorization of 8476 in exponential form is:

8476 = 2² × 13¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8486

Prime factors of 8486 are 2, 4243. Prime factorization of 8486 in exponential form is:

8486 = 2¹ × 4243¹

Step-3: Factors of 8476

List of positive integer factors of 8476 that divides 8476 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 163, 326, 652, 2119, 4238

Step-4: Factors of 8486

List of positive integer factors of 8486 that divides 8476 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4243

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8476 and 8486. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8476 and 8486 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8476 and 8486