What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25995 and 26004?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25995 and 26004 is 3.

GCF(25995,26004) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25995 and 26004, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25995 and 26004.

How to find the GCF of 25995 and 26004?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25995 and 26004. After we will calculate the factors of 25995 and 26004 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 25995

Prime factors of 25995 are 3, 5, 1733. Prime factorization of 25995 in exponential form is:

25995 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 1733¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26004

Prime factors of 26004 are 2, 3, 11, 197. Prime factorization of 26004 in exponential form is:

26004 = 2² × 3¹ × 11¹ × 197¹

Step-3: Factors of 25995

List of positive integer factors of 25995 that divides 25995 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 1733, 5199, 8665

Step-4: Factors of 26004

List of positive integer factors of 26004 that divides 25995 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 22, 33, 44, 66, 132, 197, 394, 591, 788, 1182, 2167, 2364, 4334, 6501, 8668, 13002

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25995 and 26004. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25995 and 26004 is 3.

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