What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8995 and 9004?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8995 and 9004 is 1.

GCF(8995,9004) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8995 and 9004, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8995 and 9004.

How to find the GCF of 8995 and 9004?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8995 and 9004. After we will calculate the factors of 8995 and 9004 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 9004

Prime factors of 9004 are 2, 2251. Prime factorization of 9004 in exponential form is:

9004 = 2² × 2251¹

Step-3: Factors of 8995

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 9004

List of positive integer factors of 9004 that divides 8995 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 2251, 4502

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8995 and 9004. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8995 and 9004 is 1.

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