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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8980 and 8987?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8980 and 8987 is 1.

GCF(8980,8987) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8980 and 8987, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8980 and 8987.

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How to find the GCF of 8980 and 8987?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8980 and 8987. After we will calculate the factors of 8980 and 8987 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8980

Prime factors of 8980 are 2, 5, 449. Prime factorization of 8980 in exponential form is:

8980 = 22 × 51 × 4491

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8987

Prime factors of 8987 are 11, 19, 43. Prime factorization of 8987 in exponential form is:

8987 = 111 × 191 × 431

Step-3: Factors of 8980

List of positive integer factors of 8980 that divides 8980 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 449, 898, 1796, 2245, 4490

Step-4: Factors of 8987

List of positive integer factors of 8987 that divides 8980 without a remainder.

1, 11, 19, 43, 209, 473, 817

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8980 and 8987. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8980 and 8987 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8980 and 8987