What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8998 and 9016?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8998 and 9016 is 2.

GCF(8998,9016) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8998 and 9016, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8998 and 9016.

How to find the GCF of 8998 and 9016?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8998 and 9016. After we will calculate the factors of 8998 and 9016 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8998

Prime factors of 8998 are 2, 11, 409. Prime factorization of 8998 in exponential form is:

8998 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 409¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 9016

Prime factors of 9016 are 2, 7, 23. Prime factorization of 9016 in exponential form is:

9016 = 2³ × 7² × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 8998

List of positive integer factors of 8998 that divides 8998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 409, 818, 4499

Step-4: Factors of 9016

List of positive integer factors of 9016 that divides 8998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 23, 28, 46, 49, 56, 92, 98, 161, 184, 196, 322, 392, 644, 1127, 1288, 2254, 4508

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8998 and 9016. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8998 and 9016 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8998 and 9016