What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25438 and 25442?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25438 and 25442 is 2.

GCF(25438,25442) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25438 and 25442, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25438 and 25442.

How to find the GCF of 25438 and 25442?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25438 and 25442. After we will calculate the factors of 25438 and 25442 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 25442

Prime factors of 25442 are 2, 12721. Prime factorization of 25442 in exponential form is:

25442 = 2¹ × 12721¹

Step-3: Factors of 25438

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 25442

List of positive integer factors of 25442 that divides 25438 without a remainder.

1, 2, 12721

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25438 and 25442. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25438 and 25442 is 2.

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