What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18031 and 18042?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18031 and 18042 is 1.

GCF(18031,18042) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18031 and 18042, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18031 and 18042.

How to find the GCF of 18031 and 18042?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18031 and 18042. After we will calculate the factors of 18031 and 18042 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18031

Prime factors of 18031 are 13, 19, 73. Prime factorization of 18031 in exponential form is:

18031 = 13¹ × 19¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18042

Prime factors of 18042 are 2, 3, 31, 97. Prime factorization of 18042 in exponential form is:

18042 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 31¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 18031

List of positive integer factors of 18031 that divides 18031 without a remainder.

1, 13, 19, 73, 247, 949, 1387

Step-4: Factors of 18042

List of positive integer factors of 18042 that divides 18031 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 31, 62, 93, 97, 186, 194, 291, 582, 3007, 6014, 9021

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18031 and 18042. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18031 and 18042 is 1.

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