What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18600 and 18604?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18600 and 18604 is 4.

GCF(18600,18604) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18600 and 18604, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18600 and 18604.

How to find the GCF of 18600 and 18604?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18600 and 18604. After we will calculate the factors of 18600 and 18604 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18600

Prime factors of 18600 are 2, 3, 5, 31. Prime factorization of 18600 in exponential form is:

18600 = 2³ × 3¹ × 5² × 31¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18604

Prime factors of 18604 are 2, 4651. Prime factorization of 18604 in exponential form is:

18604 = 2² × 4651¹

Step-3: Factors of 18600

List of positive integer factors of 18600 that divides 18600 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 25, 30, 31, 40, 50, 60, 62, 75, 93, 100, 120, 124, 150, 155, 186, 200, 248, 300, 310, 372, 465, 600, 620, 744, 775, 930, 1240, 1550, 1860, 2325, 3100, 3720, 4650, 6200, 9300

Step-4: Factors of 18604

List of positive integer factors of 18604 that divides 18600 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 4651, 9302

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18600 and 18604. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18600 and 18604 is 4.

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