What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18066 and 18078?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18066 and 18078 is 6.

GCF(18066,18078) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18066 and 18078, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18066 and 18078.

How to find the GCF of 18066 and 18078?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18066 and 18078. After we will calculate the factors of 18066 and 18078 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18066

Prime factors of 18066 are 2, 3, 3011. Prime factorization of 18066 in exponential form is:

18066 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 3011¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18078

Prime factors of 18078 are 2, 3, 23, 131. Prime factorization of 18078 in exponential form is:

18078 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 23¹ × 131¹

Step-3: Factors of 18066

List of positive integer factors of 18066 that divides 18066 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 3011, 6022, 9033

Step-4: Factors of 18078

List of positive integer factors of 18078 that divides 18066 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 23, 46, 69, 131, 138, 262, 393, 786, 3013, 6026, 9039

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18066 and 18078. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18066 and 18078 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18066 and 18078