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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26858 and 26874?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26858 and 26874 is 2.

GCF(26858,26874) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26858 and 26874, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26858 and 26874.

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How to find the GCF of 26858 and 26874?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26858 and 26874. After we will calculate the factors of 26858 and 26874 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26858

Prime factors of 26858 are 2, 13, 1033. Prime factorization of 26858 in exponential form is:

26858 = 21 × 131 × 10331

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26874

Prime factors of 26874 are 2, 3, 1493. Prime factorization of 26874 in exponential form is:

26874 = 21 × 32 × 14931

Step-3: Factors of 26858

List of positive integer factors of 26858 that divides 26858 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 1033, 2066, 13429

Step-4: Factors of 26874

List of positive integer factors of 26874 that divides 26858 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 1493, 2986, 4479, 8958, 13437

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26858 and 26874. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26858 and 26874 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26858 and 26874