What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18744 and 18761?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18744 and 18761 is 1.

GCF(18744,18761) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18744 and 18761, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18744 and 18761.

How to find the GCF of 18744 and 18761?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18744 and 18761. After we will calculate the factors of 18744 and 18761 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18744

Prime factors of 18744 are 2, 3, 11, 71. Prime factorization of 18744 in exponential form is:

18744 = 2³ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18761

Prime factors of 18761 are 73, 257. Prime factorization of 18761 in exponential form is:

18761 = 73¹ × 257¹

Step-3: Factors of 18744

List of positive integer factors of 18744 that divides 18744 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 22, 24, 33, 44, 66, 71, 88, 132, 142, 213, 264, 284, 426, 568, 781, 852, 1562, 1704, 2343, 3124, 4686, 6248, 9372

Step-4: Factors of 18761

List of positive integer factors of 18761 that divides 18744 without a remainder.

1, 73, 257

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18744 and 18761. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18744 and 18761 is 1.

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