What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25878 and 25887?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25878 and 25887 is 3.

GCF(25878,25887) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25878 and 25887, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25878 and 25887.

How to find the GCF of 25878 and 25887?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25878 and 25887. After we will calculate the factors of 25878 and 25887 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 25878

Prime factors of 25878 are 2, 3, 19, 227. Prime factorization of 25878 in exponential form is:

25878 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 19¹ × 227¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 25887

Prime factors of 25887 are 3, 8629. Prime factorization of 25887 in exponential form is:

25887 = 3¹ × 8629¹

Step-3: Factors of 25878

List of positive integer factors of 25878 that divides 25878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 19, 38, 57, 114, 227, 454, 681, 1362, 4313, 8626, 12939

Step-4: Factors of 25887

List of positive integer factors of 25887 that divides 25878 without a remainder.

1, 3, 8629

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25878 and 25887. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25878 and 25887 is 3.

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