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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8981 and 8986?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8981 and 8986 is 1.

GCF(8981,8986) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8981 and 8986, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8981 and 8986.

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How to find the GCF of 8981 and 8986?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8981 and 8986. After we will calculate the factors of 8981 and 8986 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8981

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

8981 = 71 × 12831

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8986

Prime factors of 8986 are 2, 4493. Prime factorization of 8986 in exponential form is:

8986 = 21 × 44931

Step-3: Factors of 8981

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

1, 7, 1283

Step-4: Factors of 8986

List of positive integer factors of 8986 that divides 8981 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4493

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8981 and 8986. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8981 and 8986 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8981 and 8986