What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18153 and 18168?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18153 and 18168 is 3.

GCF(18153,18168) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18153 and 18168, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18153 and 18168.

How to find the GCF of 18153 and 18168?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18153 and 18168. After we will calculate the factors of 18153 and 18168 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18153

Prime factors of 18153 are 3, 2017. Prime factorization of 18153 in exponential form is:

18153 = 3² × 2017¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18168

Prime factors of 18168 are 2, 3, 757. Prime factorization of 18168 in exponential form is:

18168 = 2³ × 3¹ × 757¹

Step-3: Factors of 18153

List of positive integer factors of 18153 that divides 18153 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 2017, 6051

Step-4: Factors of 18168

List of positive integer factors of 18168 that divides 18153 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 757, 1514, 2271, 3028, 4542, 6056, 9084

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18153 and 18168. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18153 and 18168 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18153 and 18168