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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18508 and 18517?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18508 and 18517 is 1.

GCF(18508,18517) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18508 and 18517, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18508 and 18517.

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How to find the GCF of 18508 and 18517?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18508 and 18517. After we will calculate the factors of 18508 and 18517 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18508

Prime factors of 18508 are 2, 7, 661. Prime factorization of 18508 in exponential form is:

18508 = 22 × 71 × 6611

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18517

Prime factors of 18517 are 18517. Prime factorization of 18517 in exponential form is:

18517 = 185171

Step-3: Factors of 18508

List of positive integer factors of 18508 that divides 18508 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 661, 1322, 2644, 4627, 9254

Step-4: Factors of 18517

List of positive integer factors of 18517 that divides 18508 without a remainder.

1

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18508 and 18517. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18508 and 18517 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18508 and 18517