What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8849 and 8856?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8849 and 8856 is 1.

GCF(8849,8856) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8849 and 8856, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8849 and 8856.

How to find the GCF of 8849 and 8856?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8849 and 8856. After we will calculate the factors of 8849 and 8856 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8849

Prime factors of 8849 are 8849. Prime factorization of 8849 in exponential form is:

8849 = 8849¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8856

Prime factors of 8856 are 2, 3, 41. Prime factorization of 8856 in exponential form is:

8856 = 2³ × 3³ × 41¹

Step-3: Factors of 8849

List of positive integer factors of 8849 that divides 8849 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 8856

List of positive integer factors of 8856 that divides 8849 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 27, 36, 41, 54, 72, 82, 108, 123, 164, 216, 246, 328, 369, 492, 738, 984, 1107, 1476, 2214, 2952, 4428

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8849 and 8856. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8849 and 8856 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8849 and 8856