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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8939 and 8959?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8939 and 8959 is 1.

GCF(8939,8959) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8939 and 8959, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8939 and 8959.

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How to find the GCF of 8939 and 8959?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8939 and 8959. After we will calculate the factors of 8939 and 8959 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8939

Prime factors of 8939 are 7, 1277. Prime factorization of 8939 in exponential form is:

8939 = 71 × 12771

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8959

Prime factors of 8959 are 17, 31. Prime factorization of 8959 in exponential form is:

8959 = 172 × 311

Step-3: Factors of 8939

List of positive integer factors of 8939 that divides 8939 without a remainder.

1, 7, 1277

Step-4: Factors of 8959

List of positive integer factors of 8959 that divides 8939 without a remainder.

1, 17, 31, 289, 527

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8939 and 8959. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8939 and 8959 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8939 and 8959