What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8851 and 8864?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8851 and 8864 is 1.

GCF(8851,8864) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8851 and 8864, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8851 and 8864.

How to find the GCF of 8851 and 8864?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8851 and 8864. After we will calculate the factors of 8851 and 8864 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8851

Prime factors of 8851 are 53, 167. Prime factorization of 8851 in exponential form is:

8851 = 53¹ × 167¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8864

Prime factors of 8864 are 2, 277. Prime factorization of 8864 in exponential form is:

8864 = 2⁵ × 277¹

Step-3: Factors of 8851

List of positive integer factors of 8851 that divides 8851 without a remainder.

1, 53, 167

Step-4: Factors of 8864

List of positive integer factors of 8864 that divides 8851 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 277, 554, 1108, 2216, 4432

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8851 and 8864. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8851 and 8864 is 1.

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