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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8494 and 8508?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8494 and 8508 is 2.

GCF(8494,8508) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8494 and 8508, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8494 and 8508.

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How to find the GCF of 8494 and 8508?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8494 and 8508. After we will calculate the factors of 8494 and 8508 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 8508

Prime factors of 8508 are 2, 3, 709. Prime factorization of 8508 in exponential form is:

8508 = 22 × 31 × 7091

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 8508

List of positive integer factors of 8508 that divides 8494 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 709, 1418, 2127, 2836, 4254

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8494 and 8508. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8494 and 8508 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8494 and 8508