What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25886 and 25898?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25886 and 25898 is 2.

GCF(25886,25898) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25886 and 25898, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25886 and 25898.

How to find the GCF of 25886 and 25898?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25886 and 25898. After we will calculate the factors of 25886 and 25898 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 25886

Prime factors of 25886 are 2, 7, 43. Prime factorization of 25886 in exponential form is:

25886 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 43²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 25898

Prime factors of 25898 are 2, 23, 563. Prime factorization of 25898 in exponential form is:

25898 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 563¹

Step-3: Factors of 25886

List of positive integer factors of 25886 that divides 25886 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 43, 86, 301, 602, 1849, 3698, 12943

Step-4: Factors of 25898

List of positive integer factors of 25898 that divides 25886 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 563, 1126, 12949

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25886 and 25898. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25886 and 25898 is 2.

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