What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26398 and 26408?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26398 and 26408 is 2.

GCF(26398,26408) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26398 and 26408, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26398 and 26408.

How to find the GCF of 26398 and 26408?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26398 and 26408. After we will calculate the factors of 26398 and 26408 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26398

Prime factors of 26398 are 2, 67, 197. Prime factorization of 26398 in exponential form is:

26398 = 2¹ × 67¹ × 197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26408

Prime factors of 26408 are 2, 3301. Prime factorization of 26408 in exponential form is:

26408 = 2³ × 3301¹

Step-3: Factors of 26398

List of positive integer factors of 26398 that divides 26398 without a remainder.

1, 2, 67, 134, 197, 394, 13199

Step-4: Factors of 26408

List of positive integer factors of 26408 that divides 26398 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 3301, 6602, 13204

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26398 and 26408. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26398 and 26408 is 2.

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