What is the Greatest Common Factor of 9891 and 9904?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 9891 and 9904 is 1.

GCF(9891,9904) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 9891 and 9904, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 9891 and 9904.

How to find the GCF of 9891 and 9904?

We will first find the prime factorization of 9891 and 9904. After we will calculate the factors of 9891 and 9904 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 9891

Prime factors of 9891 are 3, 7, 157. Prime factorization of 9891 in exponential form is:

9891 = 3² × 7¹ × 157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 9904

Prime factors of 9904 are 2, 619. Prime factorization of 9904 in exponential form is:

9904 = 2⁴ × 619¹

Step-3: Factors of 9891

List of positive integer factors of 9891 that divides 9891 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63, 157, 471, 1099, 1413, 3297

Step-4: Factors of 9904

List of positive integer factors of 9904 that divides 9891 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 619, 1238, 2476, 4952

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 9891 and 9904. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 9891 and 9904 is 1.

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