What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18352 and 18362?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18352 and 18362 is 2.

GCF(18352,18362) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18352 and 18362, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18352 and 18362.

How to find the GCF of 18352 and 18362?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18352 and 18362. After we will calculate the factors of 18352 and 18362 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18352

Prime factors of 18352 are 2, 31, 37. Prime factorization of 18352 in exponential form is:

18352 = 2⁴ × 31¹ × 37¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18362

Prime factors of 18362 are 2, 9181. Prime factorization of 18362 in exponential form is:

18362 = 2¹ × 9181¹

Step-3: Factors of 18352

List of positive integer factors of 18352 that divides 18352 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 31, 37, 62, 74, 124, 148, 248, 296, 496, 592, 1147, 2294, 4588, 9176

Step-4: Factors of 18362

List of positive integer factors of 18362 that divides 18352 without a remainder.

1, 2, 9181

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18352 and 18362. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18352 and 18362 is 2.

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