What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8879 and 8891?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8879 and 8891 is 1.

GCF(8879,8891) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8879 and 8891, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8879 and 8891.

How to find the GCF of 8879 and 8891?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8879 and 8891. After we will calculate the factors of 8879 and 8891 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8879

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

8879 = 13¹ × 683¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8891

Prime factors of 8891 are 17, 523. Prime factorization of 8891 in exponential form is:

8891 = 17¹ × 523¹

Step-3: Factors of 8879

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

1, 13, 683

Step-4: Factors of 8891

List of positive integer factors of 8891 that divides 8879 without a remainder.

1, 17, 523

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8879 and 8891. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8879 and 8891 is 1.

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