What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8969 and 8985?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8969 and 8985 is 1.

GCF(8969,8985) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8969 and 8985, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8969 and 8985.

How to find the GCF of 8969 and 8985?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8969 and 8985. After we will calculate the factors of 8969 and 8985 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8969

Prime factors of 8969 are 8969. Prime factorization of 8969 in exponential form is:

8969 = 8969¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8985

Prime factors of 8985 are 3, 5, 599. Prime factorization of 8985 in exponential form is:

8985 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 599¹

Step-3: Factors of 8969

List of positive integer factors of 8969 that divides 8969 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 8985

List of positive integer factors of 8985 that divides 8969 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 599, 1797, 2995

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8969 and 8985. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8969 and 8985 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8969 and 8985