What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18483 and 18500?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18483 and 18500 is 1.

GCF(18483,18500) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18483 and 18500, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18483 and 18500.

How to find the GCF of 18483 and 18500?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18483 and 18500. After we will calculate the factors of 18483 and 18500 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18483

Prime factors of 18483 are 3, 61, 101. Prime factorization of 18483 in exponential form is:

18483 = 3¹ × 61¹ × 101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18500

Prime factors of 18500 are 2, 5, 37. Prime factorization of 18500 in exponential form is:

18500 = 2² × 5³ × 37¹

Step-3: Factors of 18483

List of positive integer factors of 18483 that divides 18483 without a remainder.

1, 3, 61, 101, 183, 303, 6161

Step-4: Factors of 18500

List of positive integer factors of 18500 that divides 18483 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 37, 50, 74, 100, 125, 148, 185, 250, 370, 500, 740, 925, 1850, 3700, 4625, 9250

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18483 and 18500. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18483 and 18500 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18483 and 18500