What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26629 and 26642?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26629 and 26642 is 1.

GCF(26629,26642) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26629 and 26642, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26629 and 26642.

How to find the GCF of 26629 and 26642?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26629 and 26642. After we will calculate the factors of 26629 and 26642 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26629

Prime factors of 26629 are 31, 859. Prime factorization of 26629 in exponential form is:

26629 = 31¹ × 859¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26642

Prime factors of 26642 are 2, 7, 11, 173. Prime factorization of 26642 in exponential form is:

26642 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 173¹

Step-3: Factors of 26629

List of positive integer factors of 26629 that divides 26629 without a remainder.

1, 31, 859

Step-4: Factors of 26642

List of positive integer factors of 26642 that divides 26629 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 11, 14, 22, 77, 154, 173, 346, 1211, 1903, 2422, 3806, 13321

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26629 and 26642. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26629 and 26642 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26629 and 26642