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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8957 and 8962?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8957 and 8962 is 1.

GCF(8957,8962) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8957 and 8962, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8957 and 8962.

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How to find the GCF of 8957 and 8962?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8957 and 8962. After we will calculate the factors of 8957 and 8962 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8957

Prime factors of 8957 are 13, 53. Prime factorization of 8957 in exponential form is:

8957 = 132 × 531

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8962

Prime factors of 8962 are 2, 4481. Prime factorization of 8962 in exponential form is:

8962 = 21 × 44811

Step-3: Factors of 8957

List of positive integer factors of 8957 that divides 8957 without a remainder.

1, 13, 53, 169, 689

Step-4: Factors of 8962

List of positive integer factors of 8962 that divides 8957 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4481

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8957 and 8962. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8957 and 8962 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8957 and 8962