What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8871 and 8879?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8871 and 8879 is 1.

GCF(8871,8879) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8871 and 8879, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8871 and 8879.

How to find the GCF of 8871 and 8879?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8871 and 8879. After we will calculate the factors of 8871 and 8879 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8871

Prime factors of 8871 are 3, 2957. Prime factorization of 8871 in exponential form is:

8871 = 3¹ × 2957¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8879

Prime factors of 8879 are 13, 683. Prime factorization of 8879 in exponential form is:

8879 = 13¹ × 683¹

Step-3: Factors of 8871

List of positive integer factors of 8871 that divides 8871 without a remainder.

1, 3, 2957

Step-4: Factors of 8879

List of positive integer factors of 8879 that divides 8871 without a remainder.

1, 13, 683

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8871 and 8879. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8871 and 8879 is 1.

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