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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18852 and 18870?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18852 and 18870 is 6.

GCF(18852,18870) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18852 and 18870, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18852 and 18870.

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How to find the GCF of 18852 and 18870?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18852 and 18870. After we will calculate the factors of 18852 and 18870 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18852

Prime factors of 18852 are 2, 3, 1571. Prime factorization of 18852 in exponential form is:

18852 = 22 × 31 × 15711

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18870

Prime factors of 18870 are 2, 3, 5, 17, 37. Prime factorization of 18870 in exponential form is:

18870 = 21 × 31 × 51 × 171 × 371

Step-3: Factors of 18852

List of positive integer factors of 18852 that divides 18852 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1571, 3142, 4713, 6284, 9426

Step-4: Factors of 18870

List of positive integer factors of 18870 that divides 18852 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 17, 30, 34, 37, 51, 74, 85, 102, 111, 170, 185, 222, 255, 370, 510, 555, 629, 1110, 1258, 1887, 3145, 3774, 6290, 9435

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18852 and 18870. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18852 and 18870 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18852 and 18870