What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18343 and 18359?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18343 and 18359 is 1.

GCF(18343,18359) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18343 and 18359, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18343 and 18359.

How to find the GCF of 18343 and 18359?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18343 and 18359. After we will calculate the factors of 18343 and 18359 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18343

Prime factors of 18343 are 13, 17, 83. Prime factorization of 18343 in exponential form is:

18343 = 13¹ × 17¹ × 83¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18359

Prime factors of 18359 are 11, 1669. Prime factorization of 18359 in exponential form is:

18359 = 11¹ × 1669¹

Step-3: Factors of 18343

List of positive integer factors of 18343 that divides 18343 without a remainder.

1, 13, 17, 83, 221, 1079, 1411

Step-4: Factors of 18359

List of positive integer factors of 18359 that divides 18343 without a remainder.

1, 11, 1669

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18343 and 18359. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18343 and 18359 is 1.

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