What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8989 and 8995?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8989 and 8995 is 1.

GCF(8989,8995) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8989 and 8995, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8989 and 8995.

How to find the GCF of 8989 and 8995?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8989 and 8995. After we will calculate the factors of 8989 and 8995 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8989

Prime factors of 8989 are 89, 101. Prime factorization of 8989 in exponential form is:

8989 = 89¹ × 101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8995

Prime factors of 8995 are 5, 7, 257. Prime factorization of 8995 in exponential form is:

8995 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 257¹

Step-3: Factors of 8989

List of positive integer factors of 8989 that divides 8989 without a remainder.

1, 89, 101

Step-4: Factors of 8995

List of positive integer factors of 8995 that divides 8989 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 257, 1285, 1799

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8989 and 8995. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8989 and 8995 is 1.

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