What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26742 and 26760?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26742 and 26760 is 6.

GCF(26742,26760) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26742 and 26760, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26742 and 26760.

How to find the GCF of 26742 and 26760?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26742 and 26760. After we will calculate the factors of 26742 and 26760 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26742

Prime factors of 26742 are 2, 3, 4457. Prime factorization of 26742 in exponential form is:

26742 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 4457¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26760

Prime factors of 26760 are 2, 3, 5, 223. Prime factorization of 26760 in exponential form is:

26760 = 2³ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 223¹

Step-3: Factors of 26742

List of positive integer factors of 26742 that divides 26742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 4457, 8914, 13371

Step-4: Factors of 26760

List of positive integer factors of 26760 that divides 26742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30, 40, 60, 120, 223, 446, 669, 892, 1115, 1338, 1784, 2230, 2676, 3345, 4460, 5352, 6690, 8920, 13380

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26742 and 26760. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26742 and 26760 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26742 and 26760