What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18672 and 18681?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18672 and 18681 is 3.

GCF(18672,18681) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18672 and 18681, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18672 and 18681.

How to find the GCF of 18672 and 18681?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18672 and 18681. After we will calculate the factors of 18672 and 18681 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18672

Prime factors of 18672 are 2, 3, 389. Prime factorization of 18672 in exponential form is:

18672 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 389¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18681

Prime factors of 18681 are 3, 13, 479. Prime factorization of 18681 in exponential form is:

18681 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 479¹

Step-3: Factors of 18672

List of positive integer factors of 18672 that divides 18672 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 389, 778, 1167, 1556, 2334, 3112, 4668, 6224, 9336

Step-4: Factors of 18681

List of positive integer factors of 18681 that divides 18672 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 479, 1437, 6227

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18672 and 18681. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18672 and 18681 is 3.

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