What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25964 and 25968?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25964 and 25968 is 4.

GCF(25964,25968) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25964 and 25968, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25964 and 25968.

How to find the GCF of 25964 and 25968?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25964 and 25968. After we will calculate the factors of 25964 and 25968 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 25964

Prime factors of 25964 are 2, 6491. Prime factorization of 25964 in exponential form is:

25964 = 2² × 6491¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 25968

Prime factors of 25968 are 2, 3, 541. Prime factorization of 25968 in exponential form is:

25968 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 541¹

Step-3: Factors of 25964

List of positive integer factors of 25964 that divides 25964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 6491, 12982

Step-4: Factors of 25968

List of positive integer factors of 25968 that divides 25964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 541, 1082, 1623, 2164, 3246, 4328, 6492, 8656, 12984

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25964 and 25968. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25964 and 25968 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 25964 and 25968