What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18464 and 18482?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18464 and 18482 is 2.

GCF(18464,18482) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18464 and 18482, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18464 and 18482.

How to find the GCF of 18464 and 18482?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18464 and 18482. After we will calculate the factors of 18464 and 18482 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18464

Prime factors of 18464 are 2, 577. Prime factorization of 18464 in exponential form is:

18464 = 2⁵ × 577¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18482

Prime factors of 18482 are 2, 9241. Prime factorization of 18482 in exponential form is:

18482 = 2¹ × 9241¹

Step-3: Factors of 18464

List of positive integer factors of 18464 that divides 18464 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 577, 1154, 2308, 4616, 9232

Step-4: Factors of 18482

List of positive integer factors of 18482 that divides 18464 without a remainder.

1, 2, 9241

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18464 and 18482. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18464 and 18482 is 2.

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