What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25946 and 25950?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25946 and 25950 is 2.

GCF(25946,25950) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25946 and 25950, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25946 and 25950.

How to find the GCF of 25946 and 25950?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25946 and 25950. After we will calculate the factors of 25946 and 25950 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 25946

Prime factors of 25946 are 2, 12973. Prime factorization of 25946 in exponential form is:

25946 = 2¹ × 12973¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 25950

Prime factors of 25950 are 2, 3, 5, 173. Prime factorization of 25950 in exponential form is:

25950 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5² × 173¹

Step-3: Factors of 25946

List of positive integer factors of 25946 that divides 25946 without a remainder.

1, 2, 12973

Step-4: Factors of 25950

List of positive integer factors of 25950 that divides 25946 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 25, 30, 50, 75, 150, 173, 346, 519, 865, 1038, 1730, 2595, 4325, 5190, 8650, 12975

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25946 and 25950. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25946 and 25950 is 2.

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