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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18732 and 18736?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18732 and 18736 is 4.

GCF(18732,18736) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18732 and 18736, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18732 and 18736.

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How to find the GCF of 18732 and 18736?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18732 and 18736. After we will calculate the factors of 18732 and 18736 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18732

Prime factors of 18732 are 2, 3, 7, 223. Prime factorization of 18732 in exponential form is:

18732 = 22 × 31 × 71 × 2231

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18736

Prime factors of 18736 are 2, 1171. Prime factorization of 18736 in exponential form is:

18736 = 24 × 11711

Step-3: Factors of 18732

List of positive integer factors of 18732 that divides 18732 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 21, 28, 42, 84, 223, 446, 669, 892, 1338, 1561, 2676, 3122, 4683, 6244, 9366

Step-4: Factors of 18736

List of positive integer factors of 18736 that divides 18732 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 1171, 2342, 4684, 9368

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18732 and 18736. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18732 and 18736 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18732 and 18736