What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26426 and 26430?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26426 and 26430 is 2.

GCF(26426,26430) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26426 and 26430, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26426 and 26430.

How to find the GCF of 26426 and 26430?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26426 and 26430. After we will calculate the factors of 26426 and 26430 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26426

Prime factors of 26426 are 2, 73, 181. Prime factorization of 26426 in exponential form is:

26426 = 2¹ × 73¹ × 181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26430

Prime factors of 26430 are 2, 3, 5, 881. Prime factorization of 26430 in exponential form is:

26430 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 881¹

Step-3: Factors of 26426

List of positive integer factors of 26426 that divides 26426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 73, 146, 181, 362, 13213

Step-4: Factors of 26430

List of positive integer factors of 26430 that divides 26426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30, 881, 1762, 2643, 4405, 5286, 8810, 13215

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26426 and 26430. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26426 and 26430 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26426 and 26430