What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25426 and 25438?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25426 and 25438 is 2.

GCF(25426,25438) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25426 and 25438, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25426 and 25438.

How to find the GCF of 25426 and 25438?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25426 and 25438. After we will calculate the factors of 25426 and 25438 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 25426

Prime factors of 25426 are 2, 12713. Prime factorization of 25426 in exponential form is:

25426 = 2¹ × 12713¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 25438

Prime factors of 25438 are 2, 7, 23, 79. Prime factorization of 25438 in exponential form is:

25438 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 23¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 25426

List of positive integer factors of 25426 that divides 25426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 12713

Step-4: Factors of 25438

List of positive integer factors of 25438 that divides 25426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 23, 46, 79, 158, 161, 322, 553, 1106, 1817, 3634, 12719

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25426 and 25438. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25426 and 25438 is 2.

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