What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8860 and 8880?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8860 and 8880 is 20.

GCF(8860,8880) = 20

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8860 and 8880, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8860 and 8880.

How to find the GCF of 8860 and 8880?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8860 and 8880. After we will calculate the factors of 8860 and 8880 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8860

Prime factors of 8860 are 2, 5, 443. Prime factorization of 8860 in exponential form is:

8860 = 2² × 5¹ × 443¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8880

Prime factors of 8880 are 2, 3, 5, 37. Prime factorization of 8880 in exponential form is:

8880 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 37¹

Step-3: Factors of 8860

List of positive integer factors of 8860 that divides 8860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 443, 886, 1772, 2215, 4430

Step-4: Factors of 8880

List of positive integer factors of 8880 that divides 8860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 37, 40, 48, 60, 74, 80, 111, 120, 148, 185, 222, 240, 296, 370, 444, 555, 592, 740, 888, 1110, 1480, 1776, 2220, 2960, 4440

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8860 and 8880. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8860 and 8880 is 20.

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