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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18560 and 18578?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18560 and 18578 is 2.

GCF(18560,18578) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18560 and 18578, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18560 and 18578.

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How to find the GCF of 18560 and 18578?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18560 and 18578. After we will calculate the factors of 18560 and 18578 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18560

Prime factors of 18560 are 2, 5, 29. Prime factorization of 18560 in exponential form is:

18560 = 27 × 51 × 291

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18578

Prime factors of 18578 are 2, 7, 1327. Prime factorization of 18578 in exponential form is:

18578 = 21 × 71 × 13271

Step-3: Factors of 18560

List of positive integer factors of 18560 that divides 18560 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 29, 32, 40, 58, 64, 80, 116, 128, 145, 160, 232, 290, 320, 464, 580, 640, 928, 1160, 1856, 2320, 3712, 4640, 9280

Step-4: Factors of 18578

List of positive integer factors of 18578 that divides 18560 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 1327, 2654, 9289

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18560 and 18578. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18560 and 18578 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18560 and 18578