What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18557 and 18562?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18557 and 18562 is 1.

GCF(18557,18562) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18557 and 18562, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18557 and 18562.

How to find the GCF of 18557 and 18562?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18557 and 18562. After we will calculate the factors of 18557 and 18562 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18557

Prime factors of 18557 are 7, 11, 241. Prime factorization of 18557 in exponential form is:

18557 = 7¹ × 11¹ × 241¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18562

Prime factors of 18562 are 2, 9281. Prime factorization of 18562 in exponential form is:

18562 = 2¹ × 9281¹

Step-3: Factors of 18557

List of positive integer factors of 18557 that divides 18557 without a remainder.

1, 7, 11, 77, 241, 1687, 2651

Step-4: Factors of 18562

List of positive integer factors of 18562 that divides 18557 without a remainder.

1, 2, 9281

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18557 and 18562. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18557 and 18562 is 1.

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