What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18173 and 18179?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18173 and 18179 is 1.

GCF(18173,18179) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18173 and 18179, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18173 and 18179.

How to find the GCF of 18173 and 18179?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18173 and 18179. After we will calculate the factors of 18173 and 18179 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18173

Prime factors of 18173 are 17, 1069. Prime factorization of 18173 in exponential form is:

18173 = 17¹ × 1069¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18179

Prime factors of 18179 are 7, 53. Prime factorization of 18179 in exponential form is:

18179 = 7³ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 18173

List of positive integer factors of 18173 that divides 18173 without a remainder.

1, 17, 1069

Step-4: Factors of 18179

List of positive integer factors of 18179 that divides 18173 without a remainder.

1, 7, 49, 53, 343, 371, 2597

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18173 and 18179. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18173 and 18179 is 1.

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