What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26038 and 26042?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26038 and 26042 is 2.

GCF(26038,26042) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26038 and 26042, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26038 and 26042.

How to find the GCF of 26038 and 26042?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26038 and 26042. After we will calculate the factors of 26038 and 26042 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26038

Prime factors of 26038 are 2, 47, 277. Prime factorization of 26038 in exponential form is:

26038 = 2¹ × 47¹ × 277¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26042

Prime factors of 26042 are 2, 29, 449. Prime factorization of 26042 in exponential form is:

26042 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 449¹

Step-3: Factors of 26038

List of positive integer factors of 26038 that divides 26038 without a remainder.

1, 2, 47, 94, 277, 554, 13019

Step-4: Factors of 26042

List of positive integer factors of 26042 that divides 26038 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 449, 898, 13021

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26038 and 26042. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26038 and 26042 is 2.

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