What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26430 and 26446?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26430 and 26446 is 2.

GCF(26430,26446) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26430 and 26446, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26430 and 26446.

How to find the GCF of 26430 and 26446?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26430 and 26446. After we will calculate the factors of 26430 and 26446 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 26446

Prime factors of 26446 are 2, 7, 1889. Prime factorization of 26446 in exponential form is:

26446 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 1889¹

Step-3: Factors of 26430

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 26446

List of positive integer factors of 26446 that divides 26430 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 1889, 3778, 13223

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26430 and 26446. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26430 and 26446 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26430 and 26446