What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18948 and 18959?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18948 and 18959 is 1.

GCF(18948,18959) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18948 and 18959, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18948 and 18959.

How to find the GCF of 18948 and 18959?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18948 and 18959. After we will calculate the factors of 18948 and 18959 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18948

Prime factors of 18948 are 2, 3, 1579. Prime factorization of 18948 in exponential form is:

18948 = 2² × 3¹ × 1579¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18959

Prime factors of 18959 are 18959. Prime factorization of 18959 in exponential form is:

18959 = 18959¹

Step-3: Factors of 18948

List of positive integer factors of 18948 that divides 18948 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1579, 3158, 4737, 6316, 9474

Step-4: Factors of 18959

List of positive integer factors of 18959 that divides 18948 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18948 and 18959. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18948 and 18959 is 1.

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