What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26458 and 26468?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26458 and 26468 is 2.

GCF(26458,26468) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26458 and 26468, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26458 and 26468.

How to find the GCF of 26458 and 26468?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26458 and 26468. After we will calculate the factors of 26458 and 26468 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26458

Prime factors of 26458 are 2, 13229. Prime factorization of 26458 in exponential form is:

26458 = 2¹ × 13229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26468

Prime factors of 26468 are 2, 13, 509. Prime factorization of 26468 in exponential form is:

26468 = 2² × 13¹ × 509¹

Step-3: Factors of 26458

List of positive integer factors of 26458 that divides 26458 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13229

Step-4: Factors of 26468

List of positive integer factors of 26468 that divides 26458 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 509, 1018, 2036, 6617, 13234

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26458 and 26468. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26458 and 26468 is 2.

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