What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25978 and 25997?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25978 and 25997 is 1.

GCF(25978,25997) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25978 and 25997, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25978 and 25997.

How to find the GCF of 25978 and 25997?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25978 and 25997. After we will calculate the factors of 25978 and 25997 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 25997

Prime factors of 25997 are 25997. Prime factorization of 25997 in exponential form is:

25997 = 25997¹

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 25997

List of positive integer factors of 25997 that divides 25978 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25978 and 25997. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25978 and 25997 is 1.

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