What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18708 and 18715?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18708 and 18715 is 1.

GCF(18708,18715) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18708 and 18715, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18708 and 18715.

How to find the GCF of 18708 and 18715?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18708 and 18715. After we will calculate the factors of 18708 and 18715 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18708

Prime factors of 18708 are 2, 3, 1559. Prime factorization of 18708 in exponential form is:

18708 = 2² × 3¹ × 1559¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18715

Prime factors of 18715 are 5, 19, 197. Prime factorization of 18715 in exponential form is:

18715 = 5¹ × 19¹ × 197¹

Step-3: Factors of 18708

List of positive integer factors of 18708 that divides 18708 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1559, 3118, 4677, 6236, 9354

Step-4: Factors of 18715

List of positive integer factors of 18715 that divides 18708 without a remainder.

1, 5, 19, 95, 197, 985, 3743

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18708 and 18715. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18708 and 18715 is 1.

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