What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26841 and 26846?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26841 and 26846 is 1.

GCF(26841,26846) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26841 and 26846, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26841 and 26846.

How to find the GCF of 26841 and 26846?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26841 and 26846. After we will calculate the factors of 26841 and 26846 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26841

Prime factors of 26841 are 3, 23, 389. Prime factorization of 26841 in exponential form is:

26841 = 3¹ × 23¹ × 389¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26846

Prime factors of 26846 are 2, 31, 433. Prime factorization of 26846 in exponential form is:

26846 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 433¹

Step-3: Factors of 26841

List of positive integer factors of 26841 that divides 26841 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 69, 389, 1167, 8947

Step-4: Factors of 26846

List of positive integer factors of 26846 that divides 26841 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 433, 866, 13423

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26841 and 26846. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26841 and 26846 is 1.

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