What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25986 and 26006?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25986 and 26006 is 2.

GCF(25986,26006) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25986 and 26006, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25986 and 26006.

How to find the GCF of 25986 and 26006?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25986 and 26006. After we will calculate the factors of 25986 and 26006 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 25986

Prime factors of 25986 are 2, 3, 61, 71. Prime factorization of 25986 in exponential form is:

25986 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 61¹ × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26006

Prime factors of 26006 are 2, 13003. Prime factorization of 26006 in exponential form is:

26006 = 2¹ × 13003¹

Step-3: Factors of 25986

List of positive integer factors of 25986 that divides 25986 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 61, 71, 122, 142, 183, 213, 366, 426, 4331, 8662, 12993

Step-4: Factors of 26006

List of positive integer factors of 26006 that divides 25986 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13003

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25986 and 26006. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25986 and 26006 is 2.

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