What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26226 and 26230?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26226 and 26230 is 2.

GCF(26226,26230) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26226 and 26230, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26226 and 26230.

How to find the GCF of 26226 and 26230?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26226 and 26230. After we will calculate the factors of 26226 and 26230 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26226

Prime factors of 26226 are 2, 3, 31, 47. Prime factorization of 26226 in exponential form is:

26226 = 2¹ × 3² × 31¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26230

Prime factors of 26230 are 2, 5, 43, 61. Prime factorization of 26230 in exponential form is:

26230 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 43¹ × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 26226

List of positive integer factors of 26226 that divides 26226 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 31, 47, 62, 93, 94, 141, 186, 279, 282, 423, 558, 846, 1457, 2914, 4371, 8742, 13113

Step-4: Factors of 26230

List of positive integer factors of 26230 that divides 26226 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 43, 61, 86, 122, 215, 305, 430, 610, 2623, 5246, 13115

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26226 and 26230. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26226 and 26230 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26226 and 26230