What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26806 and 26826?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26806 and 26826 is 2.

GCF(26806,26826) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26806 and 26826, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26806 and 26826.

How to find the GCF of 26806 and 26826?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26806 and 26826. After we will calculate the factors of 26806 and 26826 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26806

Prime factors of 26806 are 2, 13, 1031. Prime factorization of 26806 in exponential form is:

26806 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 1031¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26826

Prime factors of 26826 are 2, 3, 17, 263. Prime factorization of 26826 in exponential form is:

26826 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 263¹

Step-3: Factors of 26806

List of positive integer factors of 26806 that divides 26806 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 1031, 2062, 13403

Step-4: Factors of 26826

List of positive integer factors of 26826 that divides 26806 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 102, 263, 526, 789, 1578, 4471, 8942, 13413

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26806 and 26826. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26806 and 26826 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26806 and 26826