What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8551 and 8558?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8551 and 8558 is 1.

GCF(8551,8558) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8551 and 8558, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8551 and 8558.

How to find the GCF of 8551 and 8558?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8551 and 8558. After we will calculate the factors of 8551 and 8558 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8551

Prime factors of 8551 are 17, 503. Prime factorization of 8551 in exponential form is:

8551 = 17¹ × 503¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8558

Prime factors of 8558 are 2, 11, 389. Prime factorization of 8558 in exponential form is:

8558 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 389¹

Step-3: Factors of 8551

List of positive integer factors of 8551 that divides 8551 without a remainder.

1, 17, 503

Step-4: Factors of 8558

List of positive integer factors of 8558 that divides 8551 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 389, 778, 4279

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8551 and 8558. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8551 and 8558 is 1.

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