What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26490 and 26496?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26490 and 26496 is 6.

GCF(26490,26496) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26490 and 26496, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26490 and 26496.

How to find the GCF of 26490 and 26496?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26490 and 26496. After we will calculate the factors of 26490 and 26496 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26490

Prime factors of 26490 are 2, 3, 5, 883. Prime factorization of 26490 in exponential form is:

26490 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 883¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26496

Prime factors of 26496 are 2, 3, 23. Prime factorization of 26496 in exponential form is:

26496 = 2⁷ × 3² × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 26490

List of positive integer factors of 26490 that divides 26490 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30, 883, 1766, 2649, 4415, 5298, 8830, 13245

Step-4: Factors of 26496

List of positive integer factors of 26496 that divides 26490 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 23, 24, 32, 36, 46, 48, 64, 69, 72, 92, 96, 128, 138, 144, 184, 192, 207, 276, 288, 368, 384, 414, 552, 576, 736, 828, 1104, 1152, 1472, 1656, 2208, 2944, 3312, 4416, 6624, 8832, 13248

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26490 and 26496. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26490 and 26496 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26490 and 26496