What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18863 and 18876?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18863 and 18876 is 13.

GCF(18863,18876) = 13

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18863 and 18876, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18863 and 18876.

How to find the GCF of 18863 and 18876?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18863 and 18876. After we will calculate the factors of 18863 and 18876 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18863

Prime factors of 18863 are 13, 1451. Prime factorization of 18863 in exponential form is:

18863 = 13¹ × 1451¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18876

Prime factors of 18876 are 2, 3, 11, 13. Prime factorization of 18876 in exponential form is:

18876 = 2² × 3¹ × 11² × 13¹

Step-3: Factors of 18863

List of positive integer factors of 18863 that divides 18863 without a remainder.

1, 13, 1451

Step-4: Factors of 18876

List of positive integer factors of 18876 that divides 18863 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 13, 22, 26, 33, 39, 44, 52, 66, 78, 121, 132, 143, 156, 242, 286, 363, 429, 484, 572, 726, 858, 1452, 1573, 1716, 3146, 4719, 6292, 9438

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18863 and 18876. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18863 and 18876 is 13.

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