What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8941 and 8961?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8941 and 8961 is 1.

GCF(8941,8961) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8941 and 8961, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8941 and 8961.

How to find the GCF of 8941 and 8961?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8941 and 8961. After we will calculate the factors of 8941 and 8961 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8941

Prime factors of 8941 are 8941. Prime factorization of 8941 in exponential form is:

8941 = 8941¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8961

Prime factors of 8961 are 3, 29, 103. Prime factorization of 8961 in exponential form is:

8961 = 3¹ × 29¹ × 103¹

Step-3: Factors of 8941

List of positive integer factors of 8941 that divides 8941 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 8961

List of positive integer factors of 8961 that divides 8941 without a remainder.

1, 3, 29, 87, 103, 309, 2987

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8941 and 8961. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8941 and 8961 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8941 and 8961