What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18683 and 18696?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18683 and 18696 is 1.

GCF(18683,18696) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18683 and 18696, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18683 and 18696.

How to find the GCF of 18683 and 18696?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18683 and 18696. After we will calculate the factors of 18683 and 18696 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 18696

Prime factors of 18696 are 2, 3, 19, 41. Prime factorization of 18696 in exponential form is:

18696 = 2³ × 3¹ × 19¹ × 41¹

Step-3: Factors of 18683

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 18696

List of positive integer factors of 18696 that divides 18683 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 19, 24, 38, 41, 57, 76, 82, 114, 123, 152, 164, 228, 246, 328, 456, 492, 779, 984, 1558, 2337, 3116, 4674, 6232, 9348

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18683 and 18696. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18683 and 18696 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18683 and 18696