What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26038 and 26044?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26038 and 26044 is 2.

GCF(26038,26044) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26038 and 26044, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26038 and 26044.

How to find the GCF of 26038 and 26044?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26038 and 26044. After we will calculate the factors of 26038 and 26044 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 26044

Prime factors of 26044 are 2, 17, 383. Prime factorization of 26044 in exponential form is:

26044 = 2² × 17¹ × 383¹

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 26044

List of positive integer factors of 26044 that divides 26038 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 383, 766, 1532, 6511, 13022

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26038 and 26044. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26038 and 26044 is 2.

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