What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8491 and 8500?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8491 and 8500 is 1.

GCF(8491,8500) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8491 and 8500, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8491 and 8500.

How to find the GCF of 8491 and 8500?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8491 and 8500. After we will calculate the factors of 8491 and 8500 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8491

Prime factors of 8491 are 7, 1213. Prime factorization of 8491 in exponential form is:

8491 = 7¹ × 1213¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8500

Prime factors of 8500 are 2, 5, 17. Prime factorization of 8500 in exponential form is:

8500 = 2² × 5³ × 17¹

Step-3: Factors of 8491

List of positive integer factors of 8491 that divides 8491 without a remainder.

1, 7, 1213

Step-4: Factors of 8500

List of positive integer factors of 8500 that divides 8491 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 17, 20, 25, 34, 50, 68, 85, 100, 125, 170, 250, 340, 425, 500, 850, 1700, 2125, 4250

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8491 and 8500. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8491 and 8500 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8491 and 8500