What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18557 and 18572?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18557 and 18572 is 1.

GCF(18557,18572) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18557 and 18572, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18557 and 18572.

How to find the GCF of 18557 and 18572?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18557 and 18572. After we will calculate the factors of 18557 and 18572 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 18572

Prime factors of 18572 are 2, 4643. Prime factorization of 18572 in exponential form is:

18572 = 2² × 4643¹

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 18572

List of positive integer factors of 18572 that divides 18557 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 4643, 9286

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18557 and 18572. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18557 and 18572 is 1.

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