What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26043 and 26061?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26043 and 26061 is 3.

GCF(26043,26061) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26043 and 26061, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26043 and 26061.

How to find the GCF of 26043 and 26061?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26043 and 26061. After we will calculate the factors of 26043 and 26061 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26043

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

26043 = 3¹ × 8681¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26061

Prime factors of 26061 are 3, 7, 17, 73. Prime factorization of 26061 in exponential form is:

26061 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 17¹ × 73¹

Step-3: Factors of 26043

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

1, 3, 8681

Step-4: Factors of 26061

List of positive integer factors of 26061 that divides 26043 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 17, 21, 51, 73, 119, 219, 357, 511, 1241, 1533, 3723, 8687

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26043 and 26061. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26043 and 26061 is 3.

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