What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25881 and 25896?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25881 and 25896 is 3.

GCF(25881,25896) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25881 and 25896, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25881 and 25896.

How to find the GCF of 25881 and 25896?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25881 and 25896. After we will calculate the factors of 25881 and 25896 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 25881

Prime factors of 25881 are 3, 8627. Prime factorization of 25881 in exponential form is:

25881 = 3¹ × 8627¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 25896

Prime factors of 25896 are 2, 3, 13, 83. Prime factorization of 25896 in exponential form is:

25896 = 2³ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 83¹

Step-3: Factors of 25881

List of positive integer factors of 25881 that divides 25881 without a remainder.

1, 3, 8627

Step-4: Factors of 25896

List of positive integer factors of 25896 that divides 25881 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 24, 26, 39, 52, 78, 83, 104, 156, 166, 249, 312, 332, 498, 664, 996, 1079, 1992, 2158, 3237, 4316, 6474, 8632, 12948

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25881 and 25896. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25881 and 25896 is 3.

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