What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8501 and 8505?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8501 and 8505 is 1.

GCF(8501,8505) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8501 and 8505, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8501 and 8505.

How to find the GCF of 8501 and 8505?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8501 and 8505. After we will calculate the factors of 8501 and 8505 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8501

Prime factors of 8501 are 8501. Prime factorization of 8501 in exponential form is:

8501 = 8501¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8505

Prime factors of 8505 are 3, 5, 7. Prime factorization of 8505 in exponential form is:

8505 = 3⁵ × 5¹ × 7¹

Step-3: Factors of 8501

List of positive integer factors of 8501 that divides 8501 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 8505

List of positive integer factors of 8505 that divides 8501 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 21, 27, 35, 45, 63, 81, 105, 135, 189, 243, 315, 405, 567, 945, 1215, 1701, 2835

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8501 and 8505. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8501 and 8505 is 1.

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