What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18898 and 18903?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18898 and 18903 is 1.

GCF(18898,18903) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18898 and 18903, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18898 and 18903.

How to find the GCF of 18898 and 18903?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18898 and 18903. After we will calculate the factors of 18898 and 18903 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18898

Prime factors of 18898 are 2, 11, 859. Prime factorization of 18898 in exponential form is:

18898 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 859¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18903

Prime factors of 18903 are 3, 6301. Prime factorization of 18903 in exponential form is:

18903 = 3¹ × 6301¹

Step-3: Factors of 18898

List of positive integer factors of 18898 that divides 18898 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 859, 1718, 9449

Step-4: Factors of 18903

List of positive integer factors of 18903 that divides 18898 without a remainder.

1, 3, 6301

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18898 and 18903. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18898 and 18903 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18898 and 18903