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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18417 and 18426?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18417 and 18426 is 3.

GCF(18417,18426) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18417 and 18426, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18417 and 18426.

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How to find the GCF of 18417 and 18426?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18417 and 18426. After we will calculate the factors of 18417 and 18426 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18417

Prime factors of 18417 are 3, 7, 877. Prime factorization of 18417 in exponential form is:

18417 = 31 × 71 × 8771

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18426

Prime factors of 18426 are 2, 3, 37, 83. Prime factorization of 18426 in exponential form is:

18426 = 21 × 31 × 371 × 831

Step-3: Factors of 18417

List of positive integer factors of 18417 that divides 18417 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 877, 2631, 6139

Step-4: Factors of 18426

List of positive integer factors of 18426 that divides 18417 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 37, 74, 83, 111, 166, 222, 249, 498, 3071, 6142, 9213

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18417 and 18426. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18417 and 18426 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18417 and 18426