What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26566 and 26580?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26566 and 26580 is 2.

GCF(26566,26580) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26566 and 26580, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26566 and 26580.

How to find the GCF of 26566 and 26580?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26566 and 26580. After we will calculate the factors of 26566 and 26580 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26566

Prime factors of 26566 are 2, 37, 359. Prime factorization of 26566 in exponential form is:

26566 = 2¹ × 37¹ × 359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26580

Prime factors of 26580 are 2, 3, 5, 443. Prime factorization of 26580 in exponential form is:

26580 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 443¹

Step-3: Factors of 26566

List of positive integer factors of 26566 that divides 26566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 359, 718, 13283

Step-4: Factors of 26580

List of positive integer factors of 26580 that divides 26566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60, 443, 886, 1329, 1772, 2215, 2658, 4430, 5316, 6645, 8860, 13290

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26566 and 26580. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26566 and 26580 is 2.

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