What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25982 and 26002?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25982 and 26002 is 2.

GCF(25982,26002) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25982 and 26002, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25982 and 26002.

How to find the GCF of 25982 and 26002?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25982 and 26002. After we will calculate the factors of 25982 and 26002 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 25982

Prime factors of 25982 are 2, 11, 1181. Prime factorization of 25982 in exponential form is:

25982 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 1181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26002

Prime factors of 26002 are 2, 13001. Prime factorization of 26002 in exponential form is:

26002 = 2¹ × 13001¹

Step-3: Factors of 25982

List of positive integer factors of 25982 that divides 25982 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 1181, 2362, 12991

Step-4: Factors of 26002

List of positive integer factors of 26002 that divides 25982 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13001

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25982 and 26002. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25982 and 26002 is 2.

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