What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26696 and 26708?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26696 and 26708 is 4.

GCF(26696,26708) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26696 and 26708, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26696 and 26708.

How to find the GCF of 26696 and 26708?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26696 and 26708. After we will calculate the factors of 26696 and 26708 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 26708

Prime factors of 26708 are 2, 11, 607. Prime factorization of 26708 in exponential form is:

26708 = 2² × 11¹ × 607¹

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 26708

List of positive integer factors of 26708 that divides 26696 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 607, 1214, 2428, 6677, 13354

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26696 and 26708. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26696 and 26708 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26696 and 26708