What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18455 and 18474?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18455 and 18474 is 1.

GCF(18455,18474) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18455 and 18474, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18455 and 18474.

How to find the GCF of 18455 and 18474?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18455 and 18474. After we will calculate the factors of 18455 and 18474 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18455

Prime factors of 18455 are 5, 3691. Prime factorization of 18455 in exponential form is:

18455 = 5¹ × 3691¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18474

Prime factors of 18474 are 2, 3, 3079. Prime factorization of 18474 in exponential form is:

18474 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 3079¹

Step-3: Factors of 18455

List of positive integer factors of 18455 that divides 18455 without a remainder.

1, 5, 3691

Step-4: Factors of 18474

List of positive integer factors of 18474 that divides 18455 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 3079, 6158, 9237

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18455 and 18474. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18455 and 18474 is 1.

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