What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26516 and 26520?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26516 and 26520 is 4.

GCF(26516,26520) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26516 and 26520, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26516 and 26520.

How to find the GCF of 26516 and 26520?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26516 and 26520. After we will calculate the factors of 26516 and 26520 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26516

Prime factors of 26516 are 2, 7, 947. Prime factorization of 26516 in exponential form is:

26516 = 2² × 7¹ × 947¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26520

Prime factors of 26520 are 2, 3, 5, 13, 17. Prime factorization of 26520 in exponential form is:

26520 = 2³ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 13¹ × 17¹

Step-3: Factors of 26516

List of positive integer factors of 26516 that divides 26516 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 947, 1894, 3788, 6629, 13258

Step-4: Factors of 26520

List of positive integer factors of 26520 that divides 26516 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 20, 24, 26, 30, 34, 39, 40, 51, 52, 60, 65, 68, 78, 85, 102, 104, 120, 130, 136, 156, 170, 195, 204, 221, 255, 260, 312, 340, 390, 408, 442, 510, 520, 663, 680, 780, 884, 1020, 1105, 1326, 1560, 1768, 2040, 2210, 2652, 3315, 4420, 5304, 6630, 8840, 13260

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26516 and 26520. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26516 and 26520 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26516 and 26520