What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26697 and 26709?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26697 and 26709 is 3.

GCF(26697,26709) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26697 and 26709, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26697 and 26709.

How to find the GCF of 26697 and 26709?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26697 and 26709. After we will calculate the factors of 26697 and 26709 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26697

Prime factors of 26697 are 3, 11, 809. Prime factorization of 26697 in exponential form is:

26697 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 809¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26709

Prime factors of 26709 are 3, 29, 307. Prime factorization of 26709 in exponential form is:

26709 = 3¹ × 29¹ × 307¹

Step-3: Factors of 26697

List of positive integer factors of 26697 that divides 26697 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 809, 2427, 8899

Step-4: Factors of 26709

List of positive integer factors of 26709 that divides 26697 without a remainder.

1, 3, 29, 87, 307, 921, 8903

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26697 and 26709. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26697 and 26709 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26697 and 26709