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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18318 and 18331?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18318 and 18331 is 1.

GCF(18318,18331) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18318 and 18331, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18318 and 18331.

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How to find the GCF of 18318 and 18331?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18318 and 18331. After we will calculate the factors of 18318 and 18331 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18318

Prime factors of 18318 are 2, 3, 43, 71. Prime factorization of 18318 in exponential form is:

18318 = 21 × 31 × 431 × 711

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18331

Prime factors of 18331 are 23, 797. Prime factorization of 18331 in exponential form is:

18331 = 231 × 7971

Step-3: Factors of 18318

List of positive integer factors of 18318 that divides 18318 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 43, 71, 86, 129, 142, 213, 258, 426, 3053, 6106, 9159

Step-4: Factors of 18331

List of positive integer factors of 18331 that divides 18318 without a remainder.

1, 23, 797

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18318 and 18331. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18318 and 18331 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18318 and 18331