What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18658 and 18674?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18658 and 18674 is 2.

GCF(18658,18674) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18658 and 18674, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18658 and 18674.

How to find the GCF of 18658 and 18674?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18658 and 18674. After we will calculate the factors of 18658 and 18674 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18658

Prime factors of 18658 are 2, 19, 491. Prime factorization of 18658 in exponential form is:

18658 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 491¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18674

Prime factors of 18674 are 2, 9337. Prime factorization of 18674 in exponential form is:

18674 = 2¹ × 9337¹

Step-3: Factors of 18658

List of positive integer factors of 18658 that divides 18658 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 491, 982, 9329

Step-4: Factors of 18674

List of positive integer factors of 18674 that divides 18658 without a remainder.

1, 2, 9337

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18658 and 18674. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18658 and 18674 is 2.

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