What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8871 and 8884?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8871 and 8884 is 1.

GCF(8871,8884) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8871 and 8884, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8871 and 8884.

How to find the GCF of 8871 and 8884?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8871 and 8884. After we will calculate the factors of 8871 and 8884 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 8884

Prime factors of 8884 are 2, 2221. Prime factorization of 8884 in exponential form is:

8884 = 2² × 2221¹

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 8884

List of positive integer factors of 8884 that divides 8871 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 2221, 4442

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8871 and 8884. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8871 and 8884 is 1.

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