What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25918 and 25926?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25918 and 25926 is 2.

GCF(25918,25926) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25918 and 25926, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25918 and 25926.

How to find the GCF of 25918 and 25926?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25918 and 25926. After we will calculate the factors of 25918 and 25926 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 25918

Prime factors of 25918 are 2, 12959. Prime factorization of 25918 in exponential form is:

25918 = 2¹ × 12959¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 25926

Prime factors of 25926 are 2, 3, 29, 149. Prime factorization of 25926 in exponential form is:

25926 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 149¹

Step-3: Factors of 25918

List of positive integer factors of 25918 that divides 25918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 12959

Step-4: Factors of 25926

List of positive integer factors of 25926 that divides 25918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 87, 149, 174, 298, 447, 894, 4321, 8642, 12963

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25918 and 25926. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25918 and 25926 is 2.

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