What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18197 and 18203?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18197 and 18203 is 1.

GCF(18197,18203) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18197 and 18203, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18197 and 18203.

How to find the GCF of 18197 and 18203?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18197 and 18203. After we will calculate the factors of 18197 and 18203 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18197

Prime factors of 18197 are 31, 587. Prime factorization of 18197 in exponential form is:

18197 = 31¹ × 587¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18203

Prime factors of 18203 are 109, 167. Prime factorization of 18203 in exponential form is:

18203 = 109¹ × 167¹

Step-3: Factors of 18197

List of positive integer factors of 18197 that divides 18197 without a remainder.

1, 31, 587

Step-4: Factors of 18203

List of positive integer factors of 18203 that divides 18197 without a remainder.

1, 109, 167

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18197 and 18203. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18197 and 18203 is 1.

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