What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26505 and 26525?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26505 and 26525 is 5.

GCF(26505,26525) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26505 and 26525, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26505 and 26525.

How to find the GCF of 26505 and 26525?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26505 and 26525. After we will calculate the factors of 26505 and 26525 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26505

Prime factors of 26505 are 3, 5, 19, 31. Prime factorization of 26505 in exponential form is:

26505 = 3² × 5¹ × 19¹ × 31¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26525

Prime factors of 26525 are 5, 1061. Prime factorization of 26525 in exponential form is:

26525 = 5² × 1061¹

Step-3: Factors of 26505

List of positive integer factors of 26505 that divides 26505 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 19, 31, 45, 57, 93, 95, 155, 171, 279, 285, 465, 589, 855, 1395, 1767, 2945, 5301, 8835

Step-4: Factors of 26525

List of positive integer factors of 26525 that divides 26505 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 1061, 5305

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26505 and 26525. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26505 and 26525 is 5.

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