What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18887 and 18897?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18887 and 18897 is 1.

GCF(18887,18897) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18887 and 18897, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18887 and 18897.

How to find the GCF of 18887 and 18897?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18887 and 18897. After we will calculate the factors of 18887 and 18897 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18887

Prime factors of 18887 are 11, 17, 101. Prime factorization of 18887 in exponential form is:

18887 = 11¹ × 17¹ × 101¹

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 18887

List of positive integer factors of 18887 that divides 18887 without a remainder.

1, 11, 17, 101, 187, 1111, 1717

Step-4: Factors of 18897

List of positive integer factors of 18897 that divides 18887 without a remainder.

1, 3, 6299

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18887 and 18897. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18887 and 18897 is 1.

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