What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26679 and 26685?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26679 and 26685 is 3.

GCF(26679,26685) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26679 and 26685, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26679 and 26685.

How to find the GCF of 26679 and 26685?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26679 and 26685. After we will calculate the factors of 26679 and 26685 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26679

Prime factors of 26679 are 3, 8893. Prime factorization of 26679 in exponential form is:

26679 = 3¹ × 8893¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26685

Prime factors of 26685 are 3, 5, 593. Prime factorization of 26685 in exponential form is:

26685 = 3² × 5¹ × 593¹

Step-3: Factors of 26679

List of positive integer factors of 26679 that divides 26679 without a remainder.

1, 3, 8893

Step-4: Factors of 26685

List of positive integer factors of 26685 that divides 26679 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 593, 1779, 2965, 5337, 8895

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26679 and 26685. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26679 and 26685 is 3.

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