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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18699 and 18717?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18699 and 18717 is 3.

GCF(18699,18717) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18699 and 18717, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18699 and 18717.

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How to find the GCF of 18699 and 18717?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18699 and 18717. After we will calculate the factors of 18699 and 18717 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18699

Prime factors of 18699 are 3, 23, 271. Prime factorization of 18699 in exponential form is:

18699 = 31 × 231 × 2711

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18717

Prime factors of 18717 are 3, 17, 367. Prime factorization of 18717 in exponential form is:

18717 = 31 × 171 × 3671

Step-3: Factors of 18699

List of positive integer factors of 18699 that divides 18699 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 69, 271, 813, 6233

Step-4: Factors of 18717

List of positive integer factors of 18717 that divides 18699 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 367, 1101, 6239

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18699 and 18717. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18699 and 18717 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18699 and 18717