What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18687 and 18701?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18687 and 18701 is 1.

GCF(18687,18701) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18687 and 18701, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18687 and 18701.

How to find the GCF of 18687 and 18701?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18687 and 18701. After we will calculate the factors of 18687 and 18701 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18687

Prime factors of 18687 are 3, 6229. Prime factorization of 18687 in exponential form is:

18687 = 3¹ × 6229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18701

Prime factors of 18701 are 18701. Prime factorization of 18701 in exponential form is:

18701 = 18701¹

Step-3: Factors of 18687

List of positive integer factors of 18687 that divides 18687 without a remainder.

1, 3, 6229

Step-4: Factors of 18701

List of positive integer factors of 18701 that divides 18687 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18687 and 18701. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18687 and 18701 is 1.

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