What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18111 and 18117?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18111 and 18117 is 3.

GCF(18111,18117) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18111 and 18117, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18111 and 18117.

How to find the GCF of 18111 and 18117?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18111 and 18117. After we will calculate the factors of 18111 and 18117 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18111

Prime factors of 18111 are 3, 6037. Prime factorization of 18111 in exponential form is:

18111 = 3¹ × 6037¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18117

Prime factors of 18117 are 3, 11, 61. Prime factorization of 18117 in exponential form is:

18117 = 3³ × 11¹ × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 18111

List of positive integer factors of 18111 that divides 18111 without a remainder.

1, 3, 6037

Step-4: Factors of 18117

List of positive integer factors of 18117 that divides 18111 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 27, 33, 61, 99, 183, 297, 549, 671, 1647, 2013, 6039

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18111 and 18117. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18111 and 18117 is 3.

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