What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26857 and 26873?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26857 and 26873 is 1.

GCF(26857,26873) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26857 and 26873, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26857 and 26873.

How to find the GCF of 26857 and 26873?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26857 and 26873. After we will calculate the factors of 26857 and 26873 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26857

Prime factors of 26857 are 107, 251. Prime factorization of 26857 in exponential form is:

26857 = 107¹ × 251¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26873

Prime factors of 26873 are 7, 11, 349. Prime factorization of 26873 in exponential form is:

26873 = 7¹ × 11¹ × 349¹

Step-3: Factors of 26857

List of positive integer factors of 26857 that divides 26857 without a remainder.

1, 107, 251

Step-4: Factors of 26873

List of positive integer factors of 26873 that divides 26857 without a remainder.

1, 7, 11, 77, 349, 2443, 3839

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26857 and 26873. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26857 and 26873 is 1.

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