What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18491 and 18505?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18491 and 18505 is 1.

GCF(18491,18505) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18491 and 18505, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18491 and 18505.

How to find the GCF of 18491 and 18505?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18491 and 18505. After we will calculate the factors of 18491 and 18505 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18491

Prime factors of 18491 are 11, 41. Prime factorization of 18491 in exponential form is:

18491 = 11¹ × 41²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18505

Prime factors of 18505 are 5, 3701. Prime factorization of 18505 in exponential form is:

18505 = 5¹ × 3701¹

Step-3: Factors of 18491

List of positive integer factors of 18491 that divides 18491 without a remainder.

1, 11, 41, 451, 1681

Step-4: Factors of 18505

List of positive integer factors of 18505 that divides 18491 without a remainder.

1, 5, 3701

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18491 and 18505. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18491 and 18505 is 1.

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