What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26272 and 26286?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26272 and 26286 is 2.

GCF(26272,26286) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26272 and 26286, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26272 and 26286.

How to find the GCF of 26272 and 26286?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26272 and 26286. After we will calculate the factors of 26272 and 26286 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 26286

Prime factors of 26286 are 2, 3, 13, 337. Prime factorization of 26286 in exponential form is:

26286 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 337¹

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 26286

List of positive integer factors of 26286 that divides 26272 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 337, 674, 1011, 2022, 4381, 8762, 13143

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26272 and 26286. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26272 and 26286 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26272 and 26286