What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8995 and 9010?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8995 and 9010 is 5.

GCF(8995,9010) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8995 and 9010, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8995 and 9010.

How to find the GCF of 8995 and 9010?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8995 and 9010. After we will calculate the factors of 8995 and 9010 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 9010

Prime factors of 9010 are 2, 5, 17, 53. Prime factorization of 9010 in exponential form is:

9010 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 17¹ × 53¹

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 9010

List of positive integer factors of 9010 that divides 8995 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 17, 34, 53, 85, 106, 170, 265, 530, 901, 1802, 4505

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8995 and 9010. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8995 and 9010 is 5.

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