What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8959 and 8968?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8959 and 8968 is 1.

GCF(8959,8968) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8959 and 8968, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8959 and 8968.

How to find the GCF of 8959 and 8968?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8959 and 8968. After we will calculate the factors of 8959 and 8968 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8959

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

8959 = 17² × 31¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8968

Prime factors of 8968 are 2, 19, 59. Prime factorization of 8968 in exponential form is:

8968 = 2³ × 19¹ × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 8959

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

1, 17, 31, 289, 527

Step-4: Factors of 8968

List of positive integer factors of 8968 that divides 8959 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 19, 38, 59, 76, 118, 152, 236, 472, 1121, 2242, 4484

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8959 and 8968. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8959 and 8968 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8959 and 8968