What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25926 and 25930?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25926 and 25930 is 2.

GCF(25926,25930) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25926 and 25930, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25926 and 25930.

How to find the GCF of 25926 and 25930?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25926 and 25930. After we will calculate the factors of 25926 and 25930 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 25930

Prime factors of 25930 are 2, 5, 2593. Prime factorization of 25930 in exponential form is:

25930 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 2593¹

Step-3: Factors of 25926

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 25930

List of positive integer factors of 25930 that divides 25926 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 2593, 5186, 12965

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25926 and 25930. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25926 and 25930 is 2.

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