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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18729 and 18740?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18729 and 18740 is 1.

GCF(18729,18740) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18729 and 18740, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18729 and 18740.

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How to find the GCF of 18729 and 18740?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18729 and 18740. After we will calculate the factors of 18729 and 18740 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18729

Prime factors of 18729 are 3, 2081. Prime factorization of 18729 in exponential form is:

18729 = 32 × 20811

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18740

Prime factors of 18740 are 2, 5, 937. Prime factorization of 18740 in exponential form is:

18740 = 22 × 51 × 9371

Step-3: Factors of 18729

List of positive integer factors of 18729 that divides 18729 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 2081, 6243

Step-4: Factors of 18740

List of positive integer factors of 18740 that divides 18729 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 937, 1874, 3748, 4685, 9370

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18729 and 18740. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18729 and 18740 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18729 and 18740