What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18765 and 18771?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18765 and 18771 is 3.

GCF(18765,18771) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18765 and 18771, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18765 and 18771.

How to find the GCF of 18765 and 18771?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18765 and 18771. After we will calculate the factors of 18765 and 18771 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18765

Prime factors of 18765 are 3, 5, 139. Prime factorization of 18765 in exponential form is:

18765 = 3³ × 5¹ × 139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18771

Prime factors of 18771 are 3, 6257. Prime factorization of 18771 in exponential form is:

18771 = 3¹ × 6257¹

Step-3: Factors of 18765

List of positive integer factors of 18765 that divides 18765 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 27, 45, 135, 139, 417, 695, 1251, 2085, 3753, 6255

Step-4: Factors of 18771

List of positive integer factors of 18771 that divides 18765 without a remainder.

1, 3, 6257

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18765 and 18771. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18765 and 18771 is 3.

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