What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26426 and 26438?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26426 and 26438 is 2.

GCF(26426,26438) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26426 and 26438, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26426 and 26438.

How to find the GCF of 26426 and 26438?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26426 and 26438. After we will calculate the factors of 26426 and 26438 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 26438

Prime factors of 26438 are 2, 13219. Prime factorization of 26438 in exponential form is:

26438 = 2¹ × 13219¹

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 26438

List of positive integer factors of 26438 that divides 26426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13219

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26426 and 26438. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26426 and 26438 is 2.

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