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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18955 and 18971?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18955 and 18971 is 1.

GCF(18955,18971) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18955 and 18971, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18955 and 18971.

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How to find the GCF of 18955 and 18971?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18955 and 18971. After we will calculate the factors of 18955 and 18971 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18955

Prime factors of 18955 are 5, 17, 223. Prime factorization of 18955 in exponential form is:

18955 = 51 × 171 × 2231

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18971

Prime factors of 18971 are 61, 311. Prime factorization of 18971 in exponential form is:

18971 = 611 × 3111

Step-3: Factors of 18955

List of positive integer factors of 18955 that divides 18955 without a remainder.

1, 5, 17, 85, 223, 1115, 3791

Step-4: Factors of 18971

List of positive integer factors of 18971 that divides 18955 without a remainder.

1, 61, 311

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18955 and 18971. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18955 and 18971 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18955 and 18971