What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18432 and 18441?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18432 and 18441 is 9.

GCF(18432,18441) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18432 and 18441, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18432 and 18441.

How to find the GCF of 18432 and 18441?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18432 and 18441. After we will calculate the factors of 18432 and 18441 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18432

Prime factors of 18432 are 2, 3. Prime factorization of 18432 in exponential form is:

18432 = 2¹¹ × 3²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18441

Prime factors of 18441 are 3, 683. Prime factorization of 18441 in exponential form is:

18441 = 3³ × 683¹

Step-3: Factors of 18432

List of positive integer factors of 18432 that divides 18432 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 32, 36, 48, 64, 72, 96, 128, 144, 192, 256, 288, 384, 512, 576, 768, 1024, 1152, 1536, 2048, 2304, 3072, 4608, 6144, 9216

Step-4: Factors of 18441

List of positive integer factors of 18441 that divides 18432 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 683, 2049, 6147

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18432 and 18441. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18432 and 18441 is 9.

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