What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8996 and 9001?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8996 and 9001 is 1.

GCF(8996,9001) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8996 and 9001, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8996 and 9001.

How to find the GCF of 8996 and 9001?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8996 and 9001. After we will calculate the factors of 8996 and 9001 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8996

Prime factors of 8996 are 2, 13, 173. Prime factorization of 8996 in exponential form is:

8996 = 2² × 13¹ × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 9001

Prime factors of 9001 are 9001. Prime factorization of 9001 in exponential form is:

9001 = 9001¹

Step-3: Factors of 8996

List of positive integer factors of 8996 that divides 8996 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 173, 346, 692, 2249, 4498

Step-4: Factors of 9001

List of positive integer factors of 9001 that divides 8996 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8996 and 9001. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8996 and 9001 is 1.

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