What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26036 and 26046?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26036 and 26046 is 2.

GCF(26036,26046) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26036 and 26046, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26036 and 26046.

How to find the GCF of 26036 and 26046?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26036 and 26046. After we will calculate the factors of 26036 and 26046 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26036

Prime factors of 26036 are 2, 23, 283. Prime factorization of 26036 in exponential form is:

26036 = 2² × 23¹ × 283¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26046

Prime factors of 26046 are 2, 3, 1447. Prime factorization of 26046 in exponential form is:

26046 = 2¹ × 3² × 1447¹

Step-3: Factors of 26036

List of positive integer factors of 26036 that divides 26036 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 46, 92, 283, 566, 1132, 6509, 13018

Step-4: Factors of 26046

List of positive integer factors of 26046 that divides 26036 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 1447, 2894, 4341, 8682, 13023

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26036 and 26046. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26036 and 26046 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26036 and 26046