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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26506 and 26516?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26506 and 26516 is 2.

GCF(26506,26516) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26506 and 26516, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26506 and 26516.

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How to find the GCF of 26506 and 26516?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26506 and 26516. After we will calculate the factors of 26506 and 26516 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26506

Prime factors of 26506 are 2, 29, 457. Prime factorization of 26506 in exponential form is:

26506 = 21 × 291 × 4571

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 26506

List of positive integer factors of 26506 that divides 26506 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 457, 914, 13253

Step-4: Factors of 26516

List of positive integer factors of 26516 that divides 26506 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 26506 and 26516. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26506 and 26516 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26506 and 26516