What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18672 and 18683?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18672 and 18683 is 1.

GCF(18672,18683) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18672 and 18683, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18672 and 18683.

How to find the GCF of 18672 and 18683?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18672 and 18683. After we will calculate the factors of 18672 and 18683 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 18683

Prime factors of 18683 are 7, 17, 157. Prime factorization of 18683 in exponential form is:

18683 = 7¹ × 17¹ × 157¹

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 18683

List of positive integer factors of 18683 that divides 18672 without a remainder.

1, 7, 17, 119, 157, 1099, 2669

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18672 and 18683. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18672 and 18683 is 1.

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