What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25844 and 25862?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25844 and 25862 is 2.

GCF(25844,25862) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25844 and 25862, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25844 and 25862.

How to find the GCF of 25844 and 25862?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25844 and 25862. After we will calculate the factors of 25844 and 25862 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 25844

Prime factors of 25844 are 2, 7, 13, 71. Prime factorization of 25844 in exponential form is:

25844 = 2² × 7¹ × 13¹ × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 25862

Prime factors of 25862 are 2, 67, 193. Prime factorization of 25862 in exponential form is:

25862 = 2¹ × 67¹ × 193¹

Step-3: Factors of 25844

List of positive integer factors of 25844 that divides 25844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 13, 14, 26, 28, 52, 71, 91, 142, 182, 284, 364, 497, 923, 994, 1846, 1988, 3692, 6461, 12922

Step-4: Factors of 25862

List of positive integer factors of 25862 that divides 25844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 67, 134, 193, 386, 12931

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25844 and 25862. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25844 and 25862 is 2.

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