What is the Greatest Common Factor of 4812 and 4818?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 4812 and 4818 is 6.

GCF(4812,4818) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 4812 and 4818, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 4812 and 4818.

How to find the GCF of 4812 and 4818?

We will first find the prime factorization of 4812 and 4818. After we will calculate the factors of 4812 and 4818 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 4812

Prime factors of 4812 are 2, 3, 401. Prime factorization of 4812 in exponential form is:

4812 = 2² × 3¹ × 401¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 4818

Prime factors of 4818 are 2, 3, 11, 73. Prime factorization of 4818 in exponential form is:

4818 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 73¹

Step-3: Factors of 4812

List of positive integer factors of 4812 that divides 4812 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 401, 802, 1203, 1604, 2406

Step-4: Factors of 4818

List of positive integer factors of 4818 that divides 4812 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, 66, 73, 146, 219, 438, 803, 1606, 2409

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 4812 and 4818. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 4812 and 4818 is 6.

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