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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18966 and 18984?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18966 and 18984 is 6.

GCF(18966,18984) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18966 and 18984, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18966 and 18984.

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How to find the GCF of 18966 and 18984?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18966 and 18984. After we will calculate the factors of 18966 and 18984 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18966

Prime factors of 18966 are 2, 3, 29, 109. Prime factorization of 18966 in exponential form is:

18966 = 21 × 31 × 291 × 1091

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18984

Prime factors of 18984 are 2, 3, 7, 113. Prime factorization of 18984 in exponential form is:

18984 = 23 × 31 × 71 × 1131

Step-3: Factors of 18966

List of positive integer factors of 18966 that divides 18966 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 87, 109, 174, 218, 327, 654, 3161, 6322, 9483

Step-4: Factors of 18984

List of positive integer factors of 18984 that divides 18966 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 21, 24, 28, 42, 56, 84, 113, 168, 226, 339, 452, 678, 791, 904, 1356, 1582, 2373, 2712, 3164, 4746, 6328, 9492

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18966 and 18984. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18966 and 18984 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18966 and 18984