What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18038 and 18043?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18038 and 18043 is 1.

GCF(18038,18043) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18038 and 18043, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18038 and 18043.

How to find the GCF of 18038 and 18043?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18038 and 18043. After we will calculate the factors of 18038 and 18043 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18038

Prime factors of 18038 are 2, 29, 311. Prime factorization of 18038 in exponential form is:

18038 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 311¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18043

Prime factors of 18043 are 18043. Prime factorization of 18043 in exponential form is:

18043 = 18043¹

Step-3: Factors of 18038

List of positive integer factors of 18038 that divides 18038 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 311, 622, 9019

Step-4: Factors of 18043

List of positive integer factors of 18043 that divides 18038 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18038 and 18043. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18038 and 18043 is 1.

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