What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26037 and 26043?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26037 and 26043 is 3.

GCF(26037,26043) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26037 and 26043, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26037 and 26043.

How to find the GCF of 26037 and 26043?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26037 and 26043. After we will calculate the factors of 26037 and 26043 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26037

Prime factors of 26037 are 3, 11, 263. Prime factorization of 26037 in exponential form is:

26037 = 3² × 11¹ × 263¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26043

Prime factors of 26043 are 3, 8681. Prime factorization of 26043 in exponential form is:

26043 = 3¹ × 8681¹

Step-3: Factors of 26037

List of positive integer factors of 26037 that divides 26037 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 33, 99, 263, 789, 2367, 2893, 8679

Step-4: Factors of 26043

List of positive integer factors of 26043 that divides 26037 without a remainder.

1, 3, 8681

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26037 and 26043. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26037 and 26043 is 3.

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