What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8488 and 8496?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8488 and 8496 is 8.

GCF(8488,8496) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8488 and 8496, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8488 and 8496.

How to find the GCF of 8488 and 8496?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8488 and 8496. After we will calculate the factors of 8488 and 8496 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8488

Prime factors of 8488 are 2, 1061. Prime factorization of 8488 in exponential form is:

8488 = 2³ × 1061¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8496

Prime factors of 8496 are 2, 3, 59. Prime factorization of 8496 in exponential form is:

8496 = 2⁴ × 3² × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 8488

List of positive integer factors of 8488 that divides 8488 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 1061, 2122, 4244

Step-4: Factors of 8496

List of positive integer factors of 8496 that divides 8488 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 36, 48, 59, 72, 118, 144, 177, 236, 354, 472, 531, 708, 944, 1062, 1416, 2124, 2832, 4248

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8488 and 8496. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8488 and 8496 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8488 and 8496