What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26361 and 26376?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26361 and 26376 is 3.

GCF(26361,26376) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26361 and 26376, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26361 and 26376.

How to find the GCF of 26361 and 26376?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26361 and 26376. After we will calculate the factors of 26361 and 26376 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26361

Prime factors of 26361 are 3, 29, 101. Prime factorization of 26361 in exponential form is:

26361 = 3² × 29¹ × 101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26376

Prime factors of 26376 are 2, 3, 7, 157. Prime factorization of 26376 in exponential form is:

26376 = 2³ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 26361

List of positive integer factors of 26361 that divides 26361 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 29, 87, 101, 261, 303, 909, 2929, 8787

Step-4: Factors of 26376

List of positive integer factors of 26376 that divides 26361 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 21, 24, 28, 42, 56, 84, 157, 168, 314, 471, 628, 942, 1099, 1256, 1884, 2198, 3297, 3768, 4396, 6594, 8792, 13188

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26361 and 26376. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26361 and 26376 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26361 and 26376