What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26506 and 26518?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26506 and 26518 is 2.

GCF(26506,26518) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26506 and 26518, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26506 and 26518.

How to find the GCF of 26506 and 26518?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26506 and 26518. After we will calculate the factors of 26506 and 26518 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 26518

Prime factors of 26518 are 2, 13259. Prime factorization of 26518 in exponential form is:

26518 = 2¹ × 13259¹

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 26518

List of positive integer factors of 26518 that divides 26506 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13259

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26506 and 26518. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26506 and 26518 is 2.

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