What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8884 and 8901?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8884 and 8901 is 1.

GCF(8884,8901) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8884 and 8901, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8884 and 8901.

How to find the GCF of 8884 and 8901?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8884 and 8901. After we will calculate the factors of 8884 and 8901 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8884

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

8884 = 2² × 2221¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8901

Prime factors of 8901 are 3, 23, 43. Prime factorization of 8901 in exponential form is:

8901 = 3² × 23¹ × 43¹

Step-3: Factors of 8884

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

1, 2, 4, 2221, 4442

Step-4: Factors of 8901

List of positive integer factors of 8901 that divides 8884 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 23, 43, 69, 129, 207, 387, 989, 2967

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8884 and 8901. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8884 and 8901 is 1.

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