What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18224 and 18232?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18224 and 18232 is 8.

GCF(18224,18232) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18224 and 18232, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18224 and 18232.

How to find the GCF of 18224 and 18232?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18224 and 18232. After we will calculate the factors of 18224 and 18232 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18224

Prime factors of 18224 are 2, 17, 67. Prime factorization of 18224 in exponential form is:

18224 = 2⁴ × 17¹ × 67¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18232

Prime factors of 18232 are 2, 43, 53. Prime factorization of 18232 in exponential form is:

18232 = 2³ × 43¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 18224

List of positive integer factors of 18224 that divides 18224 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 17, 34, 67, 68, 134, 136, 268, 272, 536, 1072, 1139, 2278, 4556, 9112

Step-4: Factors of 18232

List of positive integer factors of 18232 that divides 18224 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 43, 53, 86, 106, 172, 212, 344, 424, 2279, 4558, 9116

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18224 and 18232. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18224 and 18232 is 8.

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