What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18451 and 18462?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18451 and 18462 is 1.

GCF(18451,18462) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18451 and 18462, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18451 and 18462.

How to find the GCF of 18451 and 18462?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18451 and 18462. After we will calculate the factors of 18451 and 18462 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18451

Prime factors of 18451 are 18451. Prime factorization of 18451 in exponential form is:

18451 = 18451¹

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 18451

List of positive integer factors of 18451 that divides 18451 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 18462

List of positive integer factors of 18462 that divides 18451 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 18451 and 18462. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18451 and 18462 is 1.

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