What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25998 and 26016?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25998 and 26016 is 6.

GCF(25998,26016) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25998 and 26016, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25998 and 26016.

How to find the GCF of 25998 and 26016?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25998 and 26016. After we will calculate the factors of 25998 and 26016 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 25998

Prime factors of 25998 are 2, 3, 7, 619. Prime factorization of 25998 in exponential form is:

25998 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 619¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26016

Prime factors of 26016 are 2, 3, 271. Prime factorization of 26016 in exponential form is:

26016 = 2⁵ × 3¹ × 271¹

Step-3: Factors of 25998

List of positive integer factors of 25998 that divides 25998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 619, 1238, 1857, 3714, 4333, 8666, 12999

Step-4: Factors of 26016

List of positive integer factors of 26016 that divides 25998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 96, 271, 542, 813, 1084, 1626, 2168, 3252, 4336, 6504, 8672, 13008

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25998 and 26016. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25998 and 26016 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 25998 and 26016