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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18364 and 18372?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18364 and 18372 is 4.

GCF(18364,18372) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18364 and 18372, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18364 and 18372.

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How to find the GCF of 18364 and 18372?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18364 and 18372. After we will calculate the factors of 18364 and 18372 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18364

Prime factors of 18364 are 2, 4591. Prime factorization of 18364 in exponential form is:

18364 = 22 × 45911

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 18364

List of positive integer factors of 18364 that divides 18364 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 4591, 9182

Step-4: Factors of 18372

List of positive integer factors of 18372 that divides 18364 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 18364 and 18372. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18364 and 18372 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18364 and 18372