What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18117 and 18129?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18117 and 18129 is 3.

GCF(18117,18129) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18117 and 18129, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18117 and 18129.

How to find the GCF of 18117 and 18129?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18117 and 18129. After we will calculate the factors of 18117 and 18129 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 18129

Prime factors of 18129 are 3, 6043. Prime factorization of 18129 in exponential form is:

18129 = 3¹ × 6043¹

Step-3: Factors of 18117

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 18129

List of positive integer factors of 18129 that divides 18117 without a remainder.

1, 3, 6043

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18117 and 18129. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18117 and 18129 is 3.

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