What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26824 and 26844?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26824 and 26844 is 4.

GCF(26824,26844) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26824 and 26844, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26824 and 26844.

How to find the GCF of 26824 and 26844?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26824 and 26844. After we will calculate the factors of 26824 and 26844 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26824

Prime factors of 26824 are 2, 7, 479. Prime factorization of 26824 in exponential form is:

26824 = 2³ × 7¹ × 479¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26844

Prime factors of 26844 are 2, 3, 2237. Prime factorization of 26844 in exponential form is:

26844 = 2² × 3¹ × 2237¹

Step-3: Factors of 26824

List of positive integer factors of 26824 that divides 26824 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56, 479, 958, 1916, 3353, 3832, 6706, 13412

Step-4: Factors of 26844

List of positive integer factors of 26844 that divides 26824 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 2237, 4474, 6711, 8948, 13422

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26824 and 26844. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26824 and 26844 is 4.

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