What is the Greatest Common Factor of 1871 and 1884?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 1871 and 1884 is 1.

GCF(1871,1884) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 1871 and 1884, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 1871 and 1884.

How to find the GCF of 1871 and 1884?

We will first find the prime factorization of 1871 and 1884. After we will calculate the factors of 1871 and 1884 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 1871

Prime factors of 1871 are 1871. Prime factorization of 1871 in exponential form is:

1871 = 1871¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 1884

Prime factors of 1884 are 2, 3, 157. Prime factorization of 1884 in exponential form is:

1884 = 2² × 3¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 1871

List of positive integer factors of 1871 that divides 1871 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 1884

List of positive integer factors of 1884 that divides 1871 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 157, 314, 471, 628, 942

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 1871 and 1884. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 1871 and 1884 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 1871 and 1884