What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18678 and 18682?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18678 and 18682 is 2.

GCF(18678,18682) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18678 and 18682, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18678 and 18682.

How to find the GCF of 18678 and 18682?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18678 and 18682. After we will calculate the factors of 18678 and 18682 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18678

Prime factors of 18678 are 2, 3, 11, 283. Prime factorization of 18678 in exponential form is:

18678 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 283¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18682

Prime factors of 18682 are 2, 9341. Prime factorization of 18682 in exponential form is:

18682 = 2¹ × 9341¹

Step-3: Factors of 18678

List of positive integer factors of 18678 that divides 18678 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, 66, 283, 566, 849, 1698, 3113, 6226, 9339

Step-4: Factors of 18682

List of positive integer factors of 18682 that divides 18678 without a remainder.

1, 2, 9341

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18678 and 18682. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18678 and 18682 is 2.

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