What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26178 and 26182?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26178 and 26182 is 2.

GCF(26178,26182) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26178 and 26182, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26178 and 26182.

How to find the GCF of 26178 and 26182?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26178 and 26182. After we will calculate the factors of 26178 and 26182 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26178

Prime factors of 26178 are 2, 3, 4363. Prime factorization of 26178 in exponential form is:

26178 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 4363¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26182

Prime factors of 26182 are 2, 13, 19, 53. Prime factorization of 26182 in exponential form is:

26182 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 19¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 26178

List of positive integer factors of 26178 that divides 26178 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 4363, 8726, 13089

Step-4: Factors of 26182

List of positive integer factors of 26182 that divides 26178 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 19, 26, 38, 53, 106, 247, 494, 689, 1007, 1378, 2014, 13091

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26178 and 26182. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26178 and 26182 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26178 and 26182