What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18185 and 18205?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18185 and 18205 is 5.

GCF(18185,18205) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18185 and 18205, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18185 and 18205.

How to find the GCF of 18185 and 18205?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18185 and 18205. After we will calculate the factors of 18185 and 18205 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18185

Prime factors of 18185 are 5, 3637. Prime factorization of 18185 in exponential form is:

18185 = 5¹ × 3637¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18205

Prime factors of 18205 are 5, 11, 331. Prime factorization of 18205 in exponential form is:

18205 = 5¹ × 11¹ × 331¹

Step-3: Factors of 18185

List of positive integer factors of 18185 that divides 18185 without a remainder.

1, 5, 3637

Step-4: Factors of 18205

List of positive integer factors of 18205 that divides 18185 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11, 55, 331, 1655, 3641

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18185 and 18205. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18185 and 18205 is 5.

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