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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8940 and 8953?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8940 and 8953 is 1.

GCF(8940,8953) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8940 and 8953, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8940 and 8953.

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How to find the GCF of 8940 and 8953?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8940 and 8953. After we will calculate the factors of 8940 and 8953 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8940

Prime factors of 8940 are 2, 3, 5, 149. Prime factorization of 8940 in exponential form is:

8940 = 22 × 31 × 51 × 1491

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8953

Prime factors of 8953 are 7, 1279. Prime factorization of 8953 in exponential form is:

8953 = 71 × 12791

Step-3: Factors of 8940

List of positive integer factors of 8940 that divides 8940 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60, 149, 298, 447, 596, 745, 894, 1490, 1788, 2235, 2980, 4470

Step-4: Factors of 8953

List of positive integer factors of 8953 that divides 8940 without a remainder.

1, 7, 1279

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8940 and 8953. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8940 and 8953 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8940 and 8953