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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18436 and 18456?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18436 and 18456 is 4.

GCF(18436,18456) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18436 and 18456, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18436 and 18456.

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How to find the GCF of 18436 and 18456?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18436 and 18456. After we will calculate the factors of 18436 and 18456 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18436

Prime factors of 18436 are 2, 11, 419. Prime factorization of 18436 in exponential form is:

18436 = 22 × 111 × 4191

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18456

Prime factors of 18456 are 2, 3, 769. Prime factorization of 18456 in exponential form is:

18456 = 23 × 31 × 7691

Step-3: Factors of 18436

List of positive integer factors of 18436 that divides 18436 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 419, 838, 1676, 4609, 9218

Step-4: Factors of 18456

List of positive integer factors of 18456 that divides 18436 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 769, 1538, 2307, 3076, 4614, 6152, 9228

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18436 and 18456. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18436 and 18456 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18436 and 18456