What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18346 and 18361?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18346 and 18361 is 1.

GCF(18346,18361) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18346 and 18361, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18346 and 18361.

How to find the GCF of 18346 and 18361?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18346 and 18361. After we will calculate the factors of 18346 and 18361 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18346

Prime factors of 18346 are 2, 9173. Prime factorization of 18346 in exponential form is:

18346 = 2¹ × 9173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18361

Prime factors of 18361 are 7, 43, 61. Prime factorization of 18361 in exponential form is:

18361 = 7¹ × 43¹ × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 18346

List of positive integer factors of 18346 that divides 18346 without a remainder.

1, 2, 9173

Step-4: Factors of 18361

List of positive integer factors of 18361 that divides 18346 without a remainder.

1, 7, 43, 61, 301, 427, 2623

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18346 and 18361. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18346 and 18361 is 1.

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