What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26698 and 26704?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26698 and 26704 is 2.

GCF(26698,26704) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26698 and 26704, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26698 and 26704.

How to find the GCF of 26698 and 26704?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26698 and 26704. After we will calculate the factors of 26698 and 26704 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26698

Prime factors of 26698 are 2, 7, 1907. Prime factorization of 26698 in exponential form is:

26698 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 1907¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26704

Prime factors of 26704 are 2, 1669. Prime factorization of 26704 in exponential form is:

26704 = 2⁴ × 1669¹

Step-3: Factors of 26698

List of positive integer factors of 26698 that divides 26698 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 1907, 3814, 13349

Step-4: Factors of 26704

List of positive integer factors of 26704 that divides 26698 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 1669, 3338, 6676, 13352

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26698 and 26704. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26698 and 26704 is 2.

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