What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25978 and 25988?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25978 and 25988 is 2.

GCF(25978,25988) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25978 and 25988, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25978 and 25988.

How to find the GCF of 25978 and 25988?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25978 and 25988. After we will calculate the factors of 25978 and 25988 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 25978

Prime factors of 25978 are 2, 31, 419. Prime factorization of 25978 in exponential form is:

25978 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 419¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 25988

Prime factors of 25988 are 2, 73, 89. Prime factorization of 25988 in exponential form is:

25988 = 2² × 73¹ × 89¹

Step-3: Factors of 25978

List of positive integer factors of 25978 that divides 25978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 419, 838, 12989

Step-4: Factors of 25988

List of positive integer factors of 25988 that divides 25978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 73, 89, 146, 178, 292, 356, 6497, 12994

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25978 and 25988. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25978 and 25988 is 2.

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