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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18976 and 18987?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18976 and 18987 is 1.

GCF(18976,18987) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18976 and 18987, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18976 and 18987.

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How to find the GCF of 18976 and 18987?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18976 and 18987. After we will calculate the factors of 18976 and 18987 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18976

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

18976 = 25 × 5931

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18987

Prime factors of 18987 are 3, 6329. Prime factorization of 18987 in exponential form is:

18987 = 31 × 63291

Step-3: Factors of 18976

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 18987

List of positive integer factors of 18987 that divides 18976 without a remainder.

1, 3, 6329

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18976 and 18987. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18976 and 18987 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18976 and 18987