What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18837 and 18847?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18837 and 18847 is 1.

GCF(18837,18847) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18837 and 18847, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18837 and 18847.

How to find the GCF of 18837 and 18847?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18837 and 18847. After we will calculate the factors of 18837 and 18847 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18837

Prime factors of 18837 are 3, 7, 13, 23. Prime factorization of 18837 in exponential form is:

18837 = 3² × 7¹ × 13¹ × 23¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18847

Prime factors of 18847 are 47, 401. Prime factorization of 18847 in exponential form is:

18847 = 47¹ × 401¹

Step-3: Factors of 18837

List of positive integer factors of 18837 that divides 18837 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 13, 21, 23, 39, 63, 69, 91, 117, 161, 207, 273, 299, 483, 819, 897, 1449, 2093, 2691, 6279

Step-4: Factors of 18847

List of positive integer factors of 18847 that divides 18837 without a remainder.

1, 47, 401

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18837 and 18847. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18837 and 18847 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18837 and 18847