What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26255 and 26260?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26255 and 26260 is 5.

GCF(26255,26260) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26255 and 26260, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26255 and 26260.

How to find the GCF of 26255 and 26260?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26255 and 26260. After we will calculate the factors of 26255 and 26260 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26255

Prime factors of 26255 are 5, 59, 89. Prime factorization of 26255 in exponential form is:

26255 = 5¹ × 59¹ × 89¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26260

Prime factors of 26260 are 2, 5, 13, 101. Prime factorization of 26260 in exponential form is:

26260 = 2² × 5¹ × 13¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 26255

List of positive integer factors of 26255 that divides 26255 without a remainder.

1, 5, 59, 89, 295, 445, 5251

Step-4: Factors of 26260

List of positive integer factors of 26260 that divides 26255 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 13, 20, 26, 52, 65, 101, 130, 202, 260, 404, 505, 1010, 1313, 2020, 2626, 5252, 6565, 13130

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26255 and 26260. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26255 and 26260 is 5.

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