What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8704 and 8708?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8704 and 8708 is 4.

GCF(8704,8708) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8704 and 8708, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8704 and 8708.

How to find the GCF of 8704 and 8708?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8704 and 8708. After we will calculate the factors of 8704 and 8708 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8704

Prime factors of 8704 are 2, 17. Prime factorization of 8704 in exponential form is:

8704 = 2⁹ × 17¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8708

Prime factors of 8708 are 2, 7, 311. Prime factorization of 8708 in exponential form is:

8708 = 2² × 7¹ × 311¹

Step-3: Factors of 8704

List of positive integer factors of 8704 that divides 8704 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 17, 32, 34, 64, 68, 128, 136, 256, 272, 512, 544, 1088, 2176, 4352

Step-4: Factors of 8708

List of positive integer factors of 8708 that divides 8704 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 311, 622, 1244, 2177, 4354

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8704 and 8708. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8704 and 8708 is 4.

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