What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18146 and 18160?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18146 and 18160 is 2.

GCF(18146,18160) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18146 and 18160, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18146 and 18160.

How to find the GCF of 18146 and 18160?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18146 and 18160. After we will calculate the factors of 18146 and 18160 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18146

Prime factors of 18146 are 2, 43, 211. Prime factorization of 18146 in exponential form is:

18146 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 211¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18160

Prime factors of 18160 are 2, 5, 227. Prime factorization of 18160 in exponential form is:

18160 = 2⁴ × 5¹ × 227¹

Step-3: Factors of 18146

List of positive integer factors of 18146 that divides 18146 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 211, 422, 9073

Step-4: Factors of 18160

List of positive integer factors of 18160 that divides 18146 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80, 227, 454, 908, 1135, 1816, 2270, 3632, 4540, 9080

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18146 and 18160. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18146 and 18160 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18146 and 18160