What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18687 and 18703?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18687 and 18703 is 1.

GCF(18687,18703) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18687 and 18703, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18687 and 18703.

How to find the GCF of 18687 and 18703?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18687 and 18703. After we will calculate the factors of 18687 and 18703 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 18703

Prime factors of 18703 are 59, 317. Prime factorization of 18703 in exponential form is:

18703 = 59¹ × 317¹

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 18703

List of positive integer factors of 18703 that divides 18687 without a remainder.

1, 59, 317

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18687 and 18703. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18687 and 18703 is 1.

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