What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18888 and 18896?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18888 and 18896 is 8.

GCF(18888,18896) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18888 and 18896, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18888 and 18896.

How to find the GCF of 18888 and 18896?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18888 and 18896. After we will calculate the factors of 18888 and 18896 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18888

Prime factors of 18888 are 2, 3, 787. Prime factorization of 18888 in exponential form is:

18888 = 2³ × 3¹ × 787¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18896

Prime factors of 18896 are 2, 1181. Prime factorization of 18896 in exponential form is:

18896 = 2⁴ × 1181¹

Step-3: Factors of 18888

List of positive integer factors of 18888 that divides 18888 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 787, 1574, 2361, 3148, 4722, 6296, 9444

Step-4: Factors of 18896

List of positive integer factors of 18896 that divides 18888 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 1181, 2362, 4724, 9448

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18888 and 18896. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18888 and 18896 is 8.

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