What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8964 and 8981?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8964 and 8981 is 1.

GCF(8964,8981) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8964 and 8981, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8964 and 8981.

How to find the GCF of 8964 and 8981?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8964 and 8981. After we will calculate the factors of 8964 and 8981 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8964

Prime factors of 8964 are 2, 3, 83. Prime factorization of 8964 in exponential form is:

8964 = 2² × 3³ × 83¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8981

Prime factors of 8981 are 7, 1283. Prime factorization of 8981 in exponential form is:

8981 = 7¹ × 1283¹

Step-3: Factors of 8964

List of positive integer factors of 8964 that divides 8964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 54, 83, 108, 166, 249, 332, 498, 747, 996, 1494, 2241, 2988, 4482

Step-4: Factors of 8981

List of positive integer factors of 8981 that divides 8964 without a remainder.

1, 7, 1283

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8964 and 8981. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8964 and 8981 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8964 and 8981