What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8913 and 8931?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8913 and 8931 is 3.

GCF(8913,8931) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8913 and 8931, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8913 and 8931.

How to find the GCF of 8913 and 8931?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8913 and 8931. After we will calculate the factors of 8913 and 8931 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8913

Prime factors of 8913 are 3, 2971. Prime factorization of 8913 in exponential form is:

8913 = 3¹ × 2971¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8931

Prime factors of 8931 are 3, 13, 229. Prime factorization of 8931 in exponential form is:

8931 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 229¹

Step-3: Factors of 8913

List of positive integer factors of 8913 that divides 8913 without a remainder.

1, 3, 2971

Step-4: Factors of 8931

List of positive integer factors of 8931 that divides 8913 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 229, 687, 2977

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8913 and 8931. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8913 and 8931 is 3.

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