What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25442 and 25450?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25442 and 25450 is 2.

GCF(25442,25450) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25442 and 25450, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25442 and 25450.

How to find the GCF of 25442 and 25450?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25442 and 25450. After we will calculate the factors of 25442 and 25450 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 25442

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

25442 = 2¹ × 12721¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 25450

Prime factors of 25450 are 2, 5, 509. Prime factorization of 25450 in exponential form is:

25450 = 2¹ × 5² × 509¹

Step-3: Factors of 25442

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

1, 2, 12721

Step-4: Factors of 25450

List of positive integer factors of 25450 that divides 25442 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 509, 1018, 2545, 5090, 12725

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25442 and 25450. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25442 and 25450 is 2.

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