What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18204 and 18208?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18204 and 18208 is 4.

GCF(18204,18208) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18204 and 18208, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18204 and 18208.

How to find the GCF of 18204 and 18208?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18204 and 18208. After we will calculate the factors of 18204 and 18208 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18204

Prime factors of 18204 are 2, 3, 37, 41. Prime factorization of 18204 in exponential form is:

18204 = 2² × 3¹ × 37¹ × 41¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18208

Prime factors of 18208 are 2, 569. Prime factorization of 18208 in exponential form is:

18208 = 2⁵ × 569¹

Step-3: Factors of 18204

List of positive integer factors of 18204 that divides 18204 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 37, 41, 74, 82, 111, 123, 148, 164, 222, 246, 444, 492, 1517, 3034, 4551, 6068, 9102

Step-4: Factors of 18208

List of positive integer factors of 18208 that divides 18204 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 569, 1138, 2276, 4552, 9104

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18204 and 18208. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18204 and 18208 is 4.

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