What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8701 and 8712?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8701 and 8712 is 11.

GCF(8701,8712) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8701 and 8712, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8701 and 8712.

How to find the GCF of 8701 and 8712?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8701 and 8712. After we will calculate the factors of 8701 and 8712 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8701

Prime factors of 8701 are 7, 11, 113. Prime factorization of 8701 in exponential form is:

8701 = 7¹ × 11¹ × 113¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8712

Prime factors of 8712 are 2, 3, 11. Prime factorization of 8712 in exponential form is:

8712 = 2³ × 3² × 11²

Step-3: Factors of 8701

List of positive integer factors of 8701 that divides 8701 without a remainder.

1, 7, 11, 77, 113, 791, 1243

Step-4: Factors of 8712

List of positive integer factors of 8712 that divides 8701 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 18, 22, 24, 33, 36, 44, 66, 72, 88, 99, 121, 132, 198, 242, 264, 363, 396, 484, 726, 792, 968, 1089, 1452, 2178, 2904, 4356

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8701 and 8712. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8701 and 8712 is 11.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8701 and 8712