What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8850 and 8857?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8850 and 8857 is 1.

GCF(8850,8857) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8850 and 8857, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8850 and 8857.

How to find the GCF of 8850 and 8857?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8850 and 8857. After we will calculate the factors of 8850 and 8857 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8850

Prime factors of 8850 are 2, 3, 5, 59. Prime factorization of 8850 in exponential form is:

8850 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5² × 59¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8857

Prime factors of 8857 are 17, 521. Prime factorization of 8857 in exponential form is:

8857 = 17¹ × 521¹

Step-3: Factors of 8850

List of positive integer factors of 8850 that divides 8850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 25, 30, 50, 59, 75, 118, 150, 177, 295, 354, 590, 885, 1475, 1770, 2950, 4425

Step-4: Factors of 8857

List of positive integer factors of 8857 that divides 8850 without a remainder.

1, 17, 521

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8850 and 8857. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8850 and 8857 is 1.

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