What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8891 and 8898?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8891 and 8898 is 1.

GCF(8891,8898) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8891 and 8898, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8891 and 8898.

How to find the GCF of 8891 and 8898?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8891 and 8898. After we will calculate the factors of 8891 and 8898 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8891

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

8891 = 17¹ × 523¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8898

Prime factors of 8898 are 2, 3, 1483. Prime factorization of 8898 in exponential form is:

8898 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 1483¹

Step-3: Factors of 8891

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

1, 17, 523

Step-4: Factors of 8898

List of positive integer factors of 8898 that divides 8891 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 1483, 2966, 4449

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8891 and 8898. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8891 and 8898 is 1.

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