What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26602 and 26612?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26602 and 26612 is 2.

GCF(26602,26612) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26602 and 26612, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26602 and 26612.

How to find the GCF of 26602 and 26612?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26602 and 26612. After we will calculate the factors of 26602 and 26612 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26602

Prime factors of 26602 are 2, 47, 283. Prime factorization of 26602 in exponential form is:

26602 = 2¹ × 47¹ × 283¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26612

Prime factors of 26612 are 2, 6653. Prime factorization of 26612 in exponential form is:

26612 = 2² × 6653¹

Step-3: Factors of 26602

List of positive integer factors of 26602 that divides 26602 without a remainder.

1, 2, 47, 94, 283, 566, 13301

Step-4: Factors of 26612

List of positive integer factors of 26612 that divides 26602 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 6653, 13306

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26602 and 26612. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26602 and 26612 is 2.

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