What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18947 and 18962?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18947 and 18962 is 1.

GCF(18947,18962) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18947 and 18962, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18947 and 18962.

How to find the GCF of 18947 and 18962?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18947 and 18962. After we will calculate the factors of 18947 and 18962 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18947

Prime factors of 18947 are 18947. Prime factorization of 18947 in exponential form is:

18947 = 18947¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18962

Prime factors of 18962 are 2, 19, 499. Prime factorization of 18962 in exponential form is:

18962 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 499¹

Step-3: Factors of 18947

List of positive integer factors of 18947 that divides 18947 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 18962

List of positive integer factors of 18962 that divides 18947 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 499, 998, 9481

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18947 and 18962. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18947 and 18962 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18947 and 18962