What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26642 and 26648?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26642 and 26648 is 2.

GCF(26642,26648) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26642 and 26648, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26642 and 26648.

How to find the GCF of 26642 and 26648?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26642 and 26648. After we will calculate the factors of 26642 and 26648 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26642

Prime factors of 26642 are 2, 7, 11, 173. Prime factorization of 26642 in exponential form is:

26642 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26648

Prime factors of 26648 are 2, 3331. Prime factorization of 26648 in exponential form is:

26648 = 2³ × 3331¹

Step-3: Factors of 26642

List of positive integer factors of 26642 that divides 26642 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 11, 14, 22, 77, 154, 173, 346, 1211, 1903, 2422, 3806, 13321

Step-4: Factors of 26648

List of positive integer factors of 26648 that divides 26642 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 3331, 6662, 13324

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26642 and 26648. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26642 and 26648 is 2.

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