What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8602 and 8620?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8602 and 8620 is 2.

GCF(8602,8620) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8602 and 8620, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8602 and 8620.

How to find the GCF of 8602 and 8620?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8602 and 8620. After we will calculate the factors of 8602 and 8620 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8602

Prime factors of 8602 are 2, 11, 17, 23. Prime factorization of 8602 in exponential form is:

8602 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 17¹ × 23¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8620

Prime factors of 8620 are 2, 5, 431. Prime factorization of 8620 in exponential form is:

8620 = 2² × 5¹ × 431¹

Step-3: Factors of 8602

List of positive integer factors of 8602 that divides 8602 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 17, 22, 23, 34, 46, 187, 253, 374, 391, 506, 782, 4301

Step-4: Factors of 8620

List of positive integer factors of 8620 that divides 8602 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 431, 862, 1724, 2155, 4310

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8602 and 8620. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8602 and 8620 is 2.

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