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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26720 and 26736?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26720 and 26736 is 16.

GCF(26720,26736) = 16

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26720 and 26736, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26720 and 26736.

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How to find the GCF of 26720 and 26736?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26720 and 26736. After we will calculate the factors of 26720 and 26736 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26720

Prime factors of 26720 are 2, 5, 167. Prime factorization of 26720 in exponential form is:

26720 = 25 × 51 × 1671

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26736

Prime factors of 26736 are 2, 3, 557. Prime factorization of 26736 in exponential form is:

26736 = 24 × 31 × 5571

Step-3: Factors of 26720

List of positive integer factors of 26720 that divides 26720 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40, 80, 160, 167, 334, 668, 835, 1336, 1670, 2672, 3340, 5344, 6680, 13360

Step-4: Factors of 26736

List of positive integer factors of 26736 that divides 26720 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 557, 1114, 1671, 2228, 3342, 4456, 6684, 8912, 13368

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26720 and 26736. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26720 and 26736 is 16.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26720 and 26736