What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26006 and 26012?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26006 and 26012 is 2.

GCF(26006,26012) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26006 and 26012, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26006 and 26012.

How to find the GCF of 26006 and 26012?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26006 and 26012. After we will calculate the factors of 26006 and 26012 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26006

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

26006 = 2¹ × 13003¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26012

Prime factors of 26012 are 2, 7, 929. Prime factorization of 26012 in exponential form is:

26012 = 2² × 7¹ × 929¹

Step-3: Factors of 26006

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

1, 2, 13003

Step-4: Factors of 26012

List of positive integer factors of 26012 that divides 26006 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 929, 1858, 3716, 6503, 13006

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26006 and 26012. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26006 and 26012 is 2.

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