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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18982 and 18997?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18982 and 18997 is 1.

GCF(18982,18997) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18982 and 18997, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18982 and 18997.

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How to find the GCF of 18982 and 18997?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18982 and 18997. After we will calculate the factors of 18982 and 18997 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18982

Prime factors of 18982 are 2, 9491. Prime factorization of 18982 in exponential form is:

18982 = 21 × 94911

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18997

Prime factors of 18997 are 11, 157. Prime factorization of 18997 in exponential form is:

18997 = 112 × 1571

Step-3: Factors of 18982

List of positive integer factors of 18982 that divides 18982 without a remainder.

1, 2, 9491

Step-4: Factors of 18997

List of positive integer factors of 18997 that divides 18982 without a remainder.

1, 11, 121, 157, 1727

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18982 and 18997. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18982 and 18997 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 18982 and 18997