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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18885 and 18901?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18885 and 18901 is 1.

GCF(18885,18901) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18885 and 18901, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18885 and 18901.

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How to find the GCF of 18885 and 18901?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18885 and 18901. After we will calculate the factors of 18885 and 18901 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 18901

Prime factors of 18901 are 41, 461. Prime factorization of 18901 in exponential form is:

18901 = 411 × 4611

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 18901

List of positive integer factors of 18901 that divides 18885 without a remainder.

1, 41, 461

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18885 and 18901. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18885 and 18901 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18885 and 18901