What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18692 and 18698?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18692 and 18698 is 2.

GCF(18692,18698) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18692 and 18698, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18692 and 18698.

How to find the GCF of 18692 and 18698?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18692 and 18698. After we will calculate the factors of 18692 and 18698 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18692

Prime factors of 18692 are 2, 4673. Prime factorization of 18692 in exponential form is:

18692 = 2² × 4673¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18698

Prime factors of 18698 are 2, 9349. Prime factorization of 18698 in exponential form is:

18698 = 2¹ × 9349¹

Step-3: Factors of 18692

List of positive integer factors of 18692 that divides 18692 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 4673, 9346

Step-4: Factors of 18698

List of positive integer factors of 18698 that divides 18692 without a remainder.

1, 2, 9349

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18692 and 18698. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18692 and 18698 is 2.

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