What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26679 and 26691?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26679 and 26691 is 3.

GCF(26679,26691) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26679 and 26691, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26679 and 26691.

How to find the GCF of 26679 and 26691?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26679 and 26691. After we will calculate the factors of 26679 and 26691 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 26691

Prime factors of 26691 are 3, 7, 31, 41. Prime factorization of 26691 in exponential form is:

26691 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 31¹ × 41¹

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 26691

List of positive integer factors of 26691 that divides 26679 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 31, 41, 93, 123, 217, 287, 651, 861, 1271, 3813, 8897

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26679 and 26691. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26679 and 26691 is 3.

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