What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26272 and 26278?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26272 and 26278 is 2.

GCF(26272,26278) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26272 and 26278, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26272 and 26278.

How to find the GCF of 26272 and 26278?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26272 and 26278. After we will calculate the factors of 26272 and 26278 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26272

Prime factors of 26272 are 2, 821. Prime factorization of 26272 in exponential form is:

26272 = 2⁵ × 821¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26278

Prime factors of 26278 are 2, 7, 1877. Prime factorization of 26278 in exponential form is:

26278 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 1877¹

Step-3: Factors of 26272

List of positive integer factors of 26272 that divides 26272 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 821, 1642, 3284, 6568, 13136

Step-4: Factors of 26278

List of positive integer factors of 26278 that divides 26272 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 1877, 3754, 13139

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26272 and 26278. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26272 and 26278 is 2.

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