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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26589 and 26598?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26589 and 26598 is 3.

GCF(26589,26598) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26589 and 26598, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26589 and 26598.

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How to find the GCF of 26589 and 26598?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26589 and 26598. After we will calculate the factors of 26589 and 26598 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26589

Prime factors of 26589 are 3, 8863. Prime factorization of 26589 in exponential form is:

26589 = 31 × 88631

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26598

Prime factors of 26598 are 2, 3, 11, 13, 31. Prime factorization of 26598 in exponential form is:

26598 = 21 × 31 × 111 × 131 × 311

Step-3: Factors of 26589

List of positive integer factors of 26589 that divides 26589 without a remainder.

1, 3, 8863

Step-4: Factors of 26598

List of positive integer factors of 26598 that divides 26589 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 13, 22, 26, 31, 33, 39, 62, 66, 78, 93, 143, 186, 286, 341, 403, 429, 682, 806, 858, 1023, 1209, 2046, 2418, 4433, 8866, 13299

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26589 and 26598. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26589 and 26598 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26589 and 26598