What is the Greatest Common Factor of 18986 and 19001?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 18986 and 19001 is 1.

GCF(18986,19001) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 18986 and 19001, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 18986 and 19001.

How to find the GCF of 18986 and 19001?

We will first find the prime factorization of 18986 and 19001. After we will calculate the factors of 18986 and 19001 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 18986

Prime factors of 18986 are 2, 11, 863. Prime factorization of 18986 in exponential form is:

18986 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 863¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 19001

Prime factors of 19001 are 19001. Prime factorization of 19001 in exponential form is:

19001 = 19001¹

Step-3: Factors of 18986

List of positive integer factors of 18986 that divides 18986 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 863, 1726, 9493

Step-4: Factors of 19001

List of positive integer factors of 19001 that divides 18986 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 18986 and 19001. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 18986 and 19001 is 1.

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