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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18477 and 18486?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18477 and 18486 is 9.

GCF(18477,18486) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18477 and 18486, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18477 and 18486.

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How to find the GCF of 18477 and 18486?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18477 and 18486. After we will calculate the factors of 18477 and 18486 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18477

Prime factors of 18477 are 3, 2053. Prime factorization of 18477 in exponential form is:

18477 = 32 × 20531

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18486

Prime factors of 18486 are 2, 3, 13, 79. Prime factorization of 18486 in exponential form is:

18486 = 21 × 32 × 131 × 791

Step-3: Factors of 18477

List of positive integer factors of 18477 that divides 18477 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 2053, 6159

Step-4: Factors of 18486

List of positive integer factors of 18486 that divides 18477 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 13, 18, 26, 39, 78, 79, 117, 158, 234, 237, 474, 711, 1027, 1422, 2054, 3081, 6162, 9243

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18477 and 18486. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18477 and 18486 is 9.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18477 and 18486