What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18476 and 18493?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18476 and 18493 is 1.

GCF(18476,18493) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18476 and 18493, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18476 and 18493.

How to find the GCF of 18476 and 18493?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18476 and 18493. After we will calculate the factors of 18476 and 18493 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18476

Prime factors of 18476 are 2, 31, 149. Prime factorization of 18476 in exponential form is:

18476 = 2² × 31¹ × 149¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18493

Prime factors of 18493 are 18493. Prime factorization of 18493 in exponential form is:

18493 = 18493¹

Step-3: Factors of 18476

List of positive integer factors of 18476 that divides 18476 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 31, 62, 124, 149, 298, 596, 4619, 9238

Step-4: Factors of 18493

List of positive integer factors of 18493 that divides 18476 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18476 and 18493. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18476 and 18493 is 1.

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