What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26498 and 26516?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26498 and 26516 is 2.

GCF(26498,26516) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26498 and 26516, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26498 and 26516.

How to find the GCF of 26498 and 26516?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26498 and 26516. After we will calculate the factors of 26498 and 26516 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26498

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

26498 = 2¹ × 13249¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26516

Prime factors of 26516 are 2, 7, 947. Prime factorization of 26516 in exponential form is:

26516 = 2² × 7¹ × 947¹

Step-3: Factors of 26498

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

1, 2, 13249

Step-4: Factors of 26516

List of positive integer factors of 26516 that divides 26498 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 947, 1894, 3788, 6629, 13258

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26498 and 26516. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26498 and 26516 is 2.

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