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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18524 and 18531?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18524 and 18531 is 1.

GCF(18524,18531) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18524 and 18531, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18524 and 18531.

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How to find the GCF of 18524 and 18531?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18524 and 18531. After we will calculate the factors of 18524 and 18531 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18524

Prime factors of 18524 are 2, 11, 421. Prime factorization of 18524 in exponential form is:

18524 = 22 × 111 × 4211

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18531

Prime factors of 18531 are 3, 29, 71. Prime factorization of 18531 in exponential form is:

18531 = 32 × 291 × 711

Step-3: Factors of 18524

List of positive integer factors of 18524 that divides 18524 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 421, 842, 1684, 4631, 9262

Step-4: Factors of 18531

List of positive integer factors of 18531 that divides 18524 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 29, 71, 87, 213, 261, 639, 2059, 6177

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18524 and 18531. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18524 and 18531 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18524 and 18531