What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18885 and 18897?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18885 and 18897 is 3.

GCF(18885,18897) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18885 and 18897, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18885 and 18897.

How to find the GCF of 18885 and 18897?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18885 and 18897. After we will calculate the factors of 18885 and 18897 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18885

Prime factors of 18885 are 3, 5, 1259. Prime factorization of 18885 in exponential form is:

18885 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 1259¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18897

Prime factors of 18897 are 3, 6299. Prime factorization of 18897 in exponential form is:

18897 = 3¹ × 6299¹

Step-3: Factors of 18885

List of positive integer factors of 18885 that divides 18885 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 1259, 3777, 6295

Step-4: Factors of 18897

List of positive integer factors of 18897 that divides 18885 without a remainder.

1, 3, 6299

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18885 and 18897. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18885 and 18897 is 3.

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