What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25642 and 25648?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25642 and 25648 is 2.

GCF(25642,25648) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25642 and 25648, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25642 and 25648.

How to find the GCF of 25642 and 25648?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25642 and 25648. After we will calculate the factors of 25642 and 25648 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 25642

Prime factors of 25642 are 2, 12821. Prime factorization of 25642 in exponential form is:

25642 = 2¹ × 12821¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 25648

Prime factors of 25648 are 2, 7, 229. Prime factorization of 25648 in exponential form is:

25648 = 2⁴ × 7¹ × 229¹

Step-3: Factors of 25642

List of positive integer factors of 25642 that divides 25642 without a remainder.

1, 2, 12821

Step-4: Factors of 25648

List of positive integer factors of 25648 that divides 25642 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 56, 112, 229, 458, 916, 1603, 1832, 3206, 3664, 6412, 12824

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25642 and 25648. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25642 and 25648 is 2.

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