What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18331 and 18340?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18331 and 18340 is 1.

GCF(18331,18340) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18331 and 18340, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18331 and 18340.

How to find the GCF of 18331 and 18340?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18331 and 18340. After we will calculate the factors of 18331 and 18340 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18331

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

18331 = 23¹ × 797¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18340

Prime factors of 18340 are 2, 5, 7, 131. Prime factorization of 18340 in exponential form is:

18340 = 2² × 5¹ × 7¹ × 131¹

Step-3: Factors of 18331

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

1, 23, 797

Step-4: Factors of 18340

List of positive integer factors of 18340 that divides 18331 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 20, 28, 35, 70, 131, 140, 262, 524, 655, 917, 1310, 1834, 2620, 3668, 4585, 9170

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18331 and 18340. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18331 and 18340 is 1.

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