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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18941 and 18956?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18941 and 18956 is 1.

GCF(18941,18956) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18941 and 18956, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18941 and 18956.

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How to find the GCF of 18941 and 18956?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18941 and 18956. After we will calculate the factors of 18941 and 18956 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 18956

Prime factors of 18956 are 2, 7, 677. Prime factorization of 18956 in exponential form is:

18956 = 22 × 71 × 6771

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 18956

List of positive integer factors of 18956 that divides 18941 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 677, 1354, 2708, 4739, 9478

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18941 and 18956. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18941 and 18956 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18941 and 18956