What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26301 and 26316?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26301 and 26316 is 3.

GCF(26301,26316) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26301 and 26316, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26301 and 26316.

How to find the GCF of 26301 and 26316?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26301 and 26316. After we will calculate the factors of 26301 and 26316 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26301

Prime factors of 26301 are 3, 11, 797. Prime factorization of 26301 in exponential form is:

26301 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 797¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26316

Prime factors of 26316 are 2, 3, 17, 43. Prime factorization of 26316 in exponential form is:

26316 = 2² × 3² × 17¹ × 43¹

Step-3: Factors of 26301

List of positive integer factors of 26301 that divides 26301 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 797, 2391, 8767

Step-4: Factors of 26316

List of positive integer factors of 26316 that divides 26301 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 17, 18, 34, 36, 43, 51, 68, 86, 102, 129, 153, 172, 204, 258, 306, 387, 516, 612, 731, 774, 1462, 1548, 2193, 2924, 4386, 6579, 8772, 13158

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26301 and 26316. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26301 and 26316 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26301 and 26316