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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8971 and 8988?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8971 and 8988 is 1.

GCF(8971,8988) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8971 and 8988, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8971 and 8988.

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How to find the GCF of 8971 and 8988?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8971 and 8988. After we will calculate the factors of 8971 and 8988 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8971

Prime factors of 8971 are 8971. Prime factorization of 8971 in exponential form is:

8971 = 89711

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8988

Prime factors of 8988 are 2, 3, 7, 107. Prime factorization of 8988 in exponential form is:

8988 = 22 × 31 × 71 × 1071

Step-3: Factors of 8971

List of positive integer factors of 8971 that divides 8971 without a remainder.

1

Step-4: Factors of 8988

List of positive integer factors of 8988 that divides 8971 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 21, 28, 42, 84, 107, 214, 321, 428, 642, 749, 1284, 1498, 2247, 2996, 4494

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8971 and 8988. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8971 and 8988 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8971 and 8988