What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26471 and 26478?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26471 and 26478 is 1.

GCF(26471,26478) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26471 and 26478, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26471 and 26478.

How to find the GCF of 26471 and 26478?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26471 and 26478. After we will calculate the factors of 26471 and 26478 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26471

Prime factors of 26471 are 103, 257. Prime factorization of 26471 in exponential form is:

26471 = 103¹ × 257¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26478

Prime factors of 26478 are 2, 3, 1471. Prime factorization of 26478 in exponential form is:

26478 = 2¹ × 3² × 1471¹

Step-3: Factors of 26471

List of positive integer factors of 26471 that divides 26471 without a remainder.

1, 103, 257

Step-4: Factors of 26478

List of positive integer factors of 26478 that divides 26471 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 1471, 2942, 4413, 8826, 13239

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26471 and 26478. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26471 and 26478 is 1.

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