What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26756 and 26772?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26756 and 26772 is 4.

GCF(26756,26772) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26756 and 26772, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26756 and 26772.

How to find the GCF of 26756 and 26772?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26756 and 26772. After we will calculate the factors of 26756 and 26772 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26756

Prime factors of 26756 are 2, 6689. Prime factorization of 26756 in exponential form is:

26756 = 2² × 6689¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26772

Prime factors of 26772 are 2, 3, 23, 97. Prime factorization of 26772 in exponential form is:

26772 = 2² × 3¹ × 23¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 26756

List of positive integer factors of 26756 that divides 26756 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 6689, 13378

Step-4: Factors of 26772

List of positive integer factors of 26772 that divides 26756 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 23, 46, 69, 92, 97, 138, 194, 276, 291, 388, 582, 1164, 2231, 4462, 6693, 8924, 13386

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26756 and 26772. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26756 and 26772 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26756 and 26772