What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18426 and 18438?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18426 and 18438 is 6.

GCF(18426,18438) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18426 and 18438, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18426 and 18438.

How to find the GCF of 18426 and 18438?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18426 and 18438. After we will calculate the factors of 18426 and 18438 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 18438

Prime factors of 18438 are 2, 3, 7, 439. Prime factorization of 18438 in exponential form is:

18438 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 439¹

Step-3: Factors of 18426

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 18438

List of positive integer factors of 18438 that divides 18426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 439, 878, 1317, 2634, 3073, 6146, 9219

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18426 and 18438. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18426 and 18438 is 6.

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