What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18226 and 18237?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18226 and 18237 is 1.

GCF(18226,18237) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18226 and 18237, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18226 and 18237.

How to find the GCF of 18226 and 18237?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18226 and 18237. After we will calculate the factors of 18226 and 18237 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18226

Prime factors of 18226 are 2, 13, 701. Prime factorization of 18226 in exponential form is:

18226 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 701¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18237

Prime factors of 18237 are 3, 6079. Prime factorization of 18237 in exponential form is:

18237 = 3¹ × 6079¹

Step-3: Factors of 18226

List of positive integer factors of 18226 that divides 18226 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 701, 1402, 9113

Step-4: Factors of 18237

List of positive integer factors of 18237 that divides 18226 without a remainder.

1, 3, 6079

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18226 and 18237. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18226 and 18237 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18226 and 18237