What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8506 and 8512?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8506 and 8512 is 2.

GCF(8506,8512) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8506 and 8512, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8506 and 8512.

How to find the GCF of 8506 and 8512?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8506 and 8512. After we will calculate the factors of 8506 and 8512 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8506

Prime factors of 8506 are 2, 4253. Prime factorization of 8506 in exponential form is:

8506 = 2¹ × 4253¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8512

Prime factors of 8512 are 2, 7, 19. Prime factorization of 8512 in exponential form is:

8512 = 2⁶ × 7¹ × 19¹

Step-3: Factors of 8506

List of positive integer factors of 8506 that divides 8506 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4253

Step-4: Factors of 8512

List of positive integer factors of 8512 that divides 8506 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 19, 28, 32, 38, 56, 64, 76, 112, 133, 152, 224, 266, 304, 448, 532, 608, 1064, 1216, 2128, 4256

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8506 and 8512. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8506 and 8512 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8506 and 8512