What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26486 and 26498?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26486 and 26498 is 2.

GCF(26486,26498) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26486 and 26498, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26486 and 26498.

How to find the GCF of 26486 and 26498?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26486 and 26498. After we will calculate the factors of 26486 and 26498 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26486

Prime factors of 26486 are 2, 17, 19, 41. Prime factorization of 26486 in exponential form is:

26486 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 19¹ × 41¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26498

Prime factors of 26498 are 2, 13249. Prime factorization of 26498 in exponential form is:

26498 = 2¹ × 13249¹

Step-3: Factors of 26486

List of positive integer factors of 26486 that divides 26486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 19, 34, 38, 41, 82, 323, 646, 697, 779, 1394, 1558, 13243

Step-4: Factors of 26498

List of positive integer factors of 26498 that divides 26486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13249

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26486 and 26498. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26486 and 26498 is 2.

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