What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8744 and 8760?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8744 and 8760 is 8.

GCF(8744,8760) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8744 and 8760, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8744 and 8760.

How to find the GCF of 8744 and 8760?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8744 and 8760. After we will calculate the factors of 8744 and 8760 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8744

Prime factors of 8744 are 2, 1093. Prime factorization of 8744 in exponential form is:

8744 = 2³ × 1093¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8760

Prime factors of 8760 are 2, 3, 5, 73. Prime factorization of 8760 in exponential form is:

8760 = 2³ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 73¹

Step-3: Factors of 8744

List of positive integer factors of 8744 that divides 8744 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 1093, 2186, 4372

Step-4: Factors of 8760

List of positive integer factors of 8760 that divides 8744 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30, 40, 60, 73, 120, 146, 219, 292, 365, 438, 584, 730, 876, 1095, 1460, 1752, 2190, 2920, 4380

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8744 and 8760. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8744 and 8760 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8744 and 8760