What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26696 and 26706?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26696 and 26706 is 2.

GCF(26696,26706) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26696 and 26706, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26696 and 26706.

How to find the GCF of 26696 and 26706?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26696 and 26706. After we will calculate the factors of 26696 and 26706 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26696

Prime factors of 26696 are 2, 47, 71. Prime factorization of 26696 in exponential form is:

26696 = 2³ × 47¹ × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26706

Prime factors of 26706 are 2, 3, 4451. Prime factorization of 26706 in exponential form is:

26706 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 4451¹

Step-3: Factors of 26696

List of positive integer factors of 26696 that divides 26696 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 47, 71, 94, 142, 188, 284, 376, 568, 3337, 6674, 13348

Step-4: Factors of 26706

List of positive integer factors of 26706 that divides 26696 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 4451, 8902, 13353

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26696 and 26706. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26696 and 26706 is 2.

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