What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18689 and 18697?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18689 and 18697 is 1.

GCF(18689,18697) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18689 and 18697, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18689 and 18697.

How to find the GCF of 18689 and 18697?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18689 and 18697. After we will calculate the factors of 18689 and 18697 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18689

Prime factors of 18689 are 11, 1699. Prime factorization of 18689 in exponential form is:

18689 = 11¹ × 1699¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18697

Prime factors of 18697 are 7, 2671. Prime factorization of 18697 in exponential form is:

18697 = 7¹ × 2671¹

Step-3: Factors of 18689

List of positive integer factors of 18689 that divides 18689 without a remainder.

1, 11, 1699

Step-4: Factors of 18697

List of positive integer factors of 18697 that divides 18689 without a remainder.

1, 7, 2671

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18689 and 18697. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18689 and 18697 is 1.

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