What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18941 and 18946?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18941 and 18946 is 1.

GCF(18941,18946) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18941 and 18946, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18941 and 18946.

How to find the GCF of 18941 and 18946?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18941 and 18946. After we will calculate the factors of 18941 and 18946 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18941

Prime factors of 18941 are 13, 31, 47. Prime factorization of 18941 in exponential form is:

18941 = 13¹ × 31¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18946

Prime factors of 18946 are 2, 9473. Prime factorization of 18946 in exponential form is:

18946 = 2¹ × 9473¹

Step-3: Factors of 18941

List of positive integer factors of 18941 that divides 18941 without a remainder.

1, 13, 31, 47, 403, 611, 1457

Step-4: Factors of 18946

List of positive integer factors of 18946 that divides 18941 without a remainder.

1, 2, 9473

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18941 and 18946. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18941 and 18946 is 1.

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