What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8943 and 8947?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8943 and 8947 is 1.

GCF(8943,8947) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8943 and 8947, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8943 and 8947.

How to find the GCF of 8943 and 8947?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8943 and 8947. After we will calculate the factors of 8943 and 8947 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8943

Prime factors of 8943 are 3, 11, 271. Prime factorization of 8943 in exponential form is:

8943 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8947

Prime factors of 8947 are 23, 389. Prime factorization of 8947 in exponential form is:

8947 = 23¹ × 389¹

Step-3: Factors of 8943

List of positive integer factors of 8943 that divides 8943 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 271, 813, 2981

Step-4: Factors of 8947

List of positive integer factors of 8947 that divides 8943 without a remainder.

1, 23, 389

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8943 and 8947. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8943 and 8947 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8943 and 8947