What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18764 and 18768?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18764 and 18768 is 4.

GCF(18764,18768) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18764 and 18768, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18764 and 18768.

How to find the GCF of 18764 and 18768?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18764 and 18768. After we will calculate the factors of 18764 and 18768 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18764

Prime factors of 18764 are 2, 4691. Prime factorization of 18764 in exponential form is:

18764 = 2² × 4691¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18768

Prime factors of 18768 are 2, 3, 17, 23. Prime factorization of 18768 in exponential form is:

18768 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 18764

List of positive integer factors of 18764 that divides 18764 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 4691, 9382

Step-4: Factors of 18768

List of positive integer factors of 18768 that divides 18764 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 17, 23, 24, 34, 46, 48, 51, 68, 69, 92, 102, 136, 138, 184, 204, 272, 276, 368, 391, 408, 552, 782, 816, 1104, 1173, 1564, 2346, 3128, 4692, 6256, 9384

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18764 and 18768. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18764 and 18768 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18764 and 18768