What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8494 and 8504?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8494 and 8504 is 2.

GCF(8494,8504) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8494 and 8504, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8494 and 8504.

How to find the GCF of 8494 and 8504?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8494 and 8504. After we will calculate the factors of 8494 and 8504 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8494

Prime factors of 8494 are 2, 31, 137. Prime factorization of 8494 in exponential form is:

8494 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 137¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8504

Prime factors of 8504 are 2, 1063. Prime factorization of 8504 in exponential form is:

8504 = 2³ × 1063¹

Step-3: Factors of 8494

List of positive integer factors of 8494 that divides 8494 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 137, 274, 4247

Step-4: Factors of 8504

List of positive integer factors of 8504 that divides 8494 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 1063, 2126, 4252

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8494 and 8504. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8494 and 8504 is 2.

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