What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18890 and 18902?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18890 and 18902 is 2.

GCF(18890,18902) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18890 and 18902, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18890 and 18902.

How to find the GCF of 18890 and 18902?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18890 and 18902. After we will calculate the factors of 18890 and 18902 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18890

Prime factors of 18890 are 2, 5, 1889. Prime factorization of 18890 in exponential form is:

18890 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 1889¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18902

Prime factors of 18902 are 2, 13, 727. Prime factorization of 18902 in exponential form is:

18902 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 727¹

Step-3: Factors of 18890

List of positive integer factors of 18890 that divides 18890 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 1889, 3778, 9445

Step-4: Factors of 18902

List of positive integer factors of 18902 that divides 18890 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 727, 1454, 9451

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18890 and 18902. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18890 and 18902 is 2.

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