What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18362 and 18372?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18362 and 18372 is 2.

GCF(18362,18372) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18362 and 18372, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18362 and 18372.

How to find the GCF of 18362 and 18372?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18362 and 18372. After we will calculate the factors of 18362 and 18372 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18362

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

18362 = 2¹ × 9181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18372

Prime factors of 18372 are 2, 3, 1531. Prime factorization of 18372 in exponential form is:

18372 = 2² × 3¹ × 1531¹

Step-3: Factors of 18362

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

1, 2, 9181

Step-4: Factors of 18372

List of positive integer factors of 18372 that divides 18362 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1531, 3062, 4593, 6124, 9186

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18362 and 18372. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18362 and 18372 is 2.

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