What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18843 and 18854?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18843 and 18854 is 11.

GCF(18843,18854) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18843 and 18854, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18843 and 18854.

How to find the GCF of 18843 and 18854?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18843 and 18854. After we will calculate the factors of 18843 and 18854 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18843

Prime factors of 18843 are 3, 11, 571. Prime factorization of 18843 in exponential form is:

18843 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 571¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18854

Prime factors of 18854 are 2, 11, 857. Prime factorization of 18854 in exponential form is:

18854 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 857¹

Step-3: Factors of 18843

List of positive integer factors of 18843 that divides 18843 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 571, 1713, 6281

Step-4: Factors of 18854

List of positive integer factors of 18854 that divides 18843 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 857, 1714, 9427

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18843 and 18854. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18843 and 18854 is 11.

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