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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18448 and 18462?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18448 and 18462 is 2.

GCF(18448,18462) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18448 and 18462, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18448 and 18462.

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How to find the GCF of 18448 and 18462?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18448 and 18462. After we will calculate the factors of 18448 and 18462 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18448

Prime factors of 18448 are 2, 1153. Prime factorization of 18448 in exponential form is:

18448 = 24 × 11531

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18462

Prime factors of 18462 are 2, 3, 17, 181. Prime factorization of 18462 in exponential form is:

18462 = 21 × 31 × 171 × 1811

Step-3: Factors of 18448

List of positive integer factors of 18448 that divides 18448 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 1153, 2306, 4612, 9224

Step-4: Factors of 18462

List of positive integer factors of 18462 that divides 18448 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 102, 181, 362, 543, 1086, 3077, 6154, 9231

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18448 and 18462. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18448 and 18462 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18448 and 18462