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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18964 and 18976?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18964 and 18976 is 4.

GCF(18964,18976) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18964 and 18976, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18964 and 18976.

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How to find the GCF of 18964 and 18976?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18964 and 18976. After we will calculate the factors of 18964 and 18976 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18964

Prime factors of 18964 are 2, 11, 431. Prime factorization of 18964 in exponential form is:

18964 = 22 × 111 × 4311

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18976

Prime factors of 18976 are 2, 593. Prime factorization of 18976 in exponential form is:

18976 = 25 × 5931

Step-3: Factors of 18964

List of positive integer factors of 18964 that divides 18964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 431, 862, 1724, 4741, 9482

Step-4: Factors of 18976

List of positive integer factors of 18976 that divides 18964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 593, 1186, 2372, 4744, 9488

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18964 and 18976. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18964 and 18976 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18964 and 18976