What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26401 and 26418?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26401 and 26418 is 17.

GCF(26401,26418) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26401 and 26418, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26401 and 26418.

How to find the GCF of 26401 and 26418?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26401 and 26418. After we will calculate the factors of 26401 and 26418 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26401

Prime factors of 26401 are 17, 1553. Prime factorization of 26401 in exponential form is:

26401 = 17¹ × 1553¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26418

Prime factors of 26418 are 2, 3, 7, 17, 37. Prime factorization of 26418 in exponential form is:

26418 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 17¹ × 37¹

Step-3: Factors of 26401

List of positive integer factors of 26401 that divides 26401 without a remainder.

1, 17, 1553

Step-4: Factors of 26418

List of positive integer factors of 26418 that divides 26401 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 17, 21, 34, 37, 42, 51, 74, 102, 111, 119, 222, 238, 259, 357, 518, 629, 714, 777, 1258, 1554, 1887, 3774, 4403, 8806, 13209

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26401 and 26418. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26401 and 26418 is 17.

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