What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26356 and 26368?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26356 and 26368 is 4.

GCF(26356,26368) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26356 and 26368, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26356 and 26368.

How to find the GCF of 26356 and 26368?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26356 and 26368. After we will calculate the factors of 26356 and 26368 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26356

Prime factors of 26356 are 2, 11, 599. Prime factorization of 26356 in exponential form is:

26356 = 2² × 11¹ × 599¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26368

Prime factors of 26368 are 2, 103. Prime factorization of 26368 in exponential form is:

26368 = 2⁸ × 103¹

Step-3: Factors of 26356

List of positive integer factors of 26356 that divides 26356 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 599, 1198, 2396, 6589, 13178

Step-4: Factors of 26368

List of positive integer factors of 26368 that divides 26356 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 103, 128, 206, 256, 412, 824, 1648, 3296, 6592, 13184

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26356 and 26368. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26356 and 26368 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26356 and 26368