What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26846 and 26866?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26846 and 26866 is 2.

GCF(26846,26866) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26846 and 26866, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26846 and 26866.

How to find the GCF of 26846 and 26866?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26846 and 26866. After we will calculate the factors of 26846 and 26866 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 26866

Prime factors of 26866 are 2, 7, 19, 101. Prime factorization of 26866 in exponential form is:

26866 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 19¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 26846

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 26866

List of positive integer factors of 26866 that divides 26846 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 19, 38, 101, 133, 202, 266, 707, 1414, 1919, 3838, 13433

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26846 and 26866. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26846 and 26866 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26846 and 26866