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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18974 and 18983?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18974 and 18983 is 1.

GCF(18974,18983) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18974 and 18983, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18974 and 18983.

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How to find the GCF of 18974 and 18983?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18974 and 18983. After we will calculate the factors of 18974 and 18983 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18974

Prime factors of 18974 are 2, 53, 179. Prime factorization of 18974 in exponential form is:

18974 = 21 × 531 × 1791

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18983

Prime factors of 18983 are 41, 463. Prime factorization of 18983 in exponential form is:

18983 = 411 × 4631

Step-3: Factors of 18974

List of positive integer factors of 18974 that divides 18974 without a remainder.

1, 2, 53, 106, 179, 358, 9487

Step-4: Factors of 18983

List of positive integer factors of 18983 that divides 18974 without a remainder.

1, 41, 463

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18974 and 18983. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18974 and 18983 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18974 and 18983