What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18912 and 18926?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18912 and 18926 is 2.

GCF(18912,18926) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18912 and 18926, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18912 and 18926.

How to find the GCF of 18912 and 18926?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18912 and 18926. After we will calculate the factors of 18912 and 18926 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18912

Prime factors of 18912 are 2, 3, 197. Prime factorization of 18912 in exponential form is:

18912 = 2⁵ × 3¹ × 197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18926

Prime factors of 18926 are 2, 9463. Prime factorization of 18926 in exponential form is:

18926 = 2¹ × 9463¹

Step-3: Factors of 18912

List of positive integer factors of 18912 that divides 18912 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 96, 197, 394, 591, 788, 1182, 1576, 2364, 3152, 4728, 6304, 9456

Step-4: Factors of 18926

List of positive integer factors of 18926 that divides 18912 without a remainder.

1, 2, 9463

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18912 and 18926. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18912 and 18926 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18912 and 18926