What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26042 and 26052?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26042 and 26052 is 2.

GCF(26042,26052) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26042 and 26052, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26042 and 26052.

How to find the GCF of 26042 and 26052?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26042 and 26052. After we will calculate the factors of 26042 and 26052 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 26052

Prime factors of 26052 are 2, 3, 13, 167. Prime factorization of 26052 in exponential form is:

26052 = 2² × 3¹ × 13¹ × 167¹

Step-3: Factors of 26042

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 26052

List of positive integer factors of 26052 that divides 26042 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 26, 39, 52, 78, 156, 167, 334, 501, 668, 1002, 2004, 2171, 4342, 6513, 8684, 13026

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26042 and 26052. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26042 and 26052 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26042 and 26052