What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26876 and 26896?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26876 and 26896 is 4.

GCF(26876,26896) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26876 and 26896, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26876 and 26896.

How to find the GCF of 26876 and 26896?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26876 and 26896. After we will calculate the factors of 26876 and 26896 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26876

Prime factors of 26876 are 2, 6719. Prime factorization of 26876 in exponential form is:

26876 = 2² × 6719¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26896

Prime factors of 26896 are 2, 41. Prime factorization of 26896 in exponential form is:

26896 = 2⁴ × 41²

Step-3: Factors of 26876

List of positive integer factors of 26876 that divides 26876 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 6719, 13438

Step-4: Factors of 26896

List of positive integer factors of 26896 that divides 26876 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 41, 82, 164, 328, 656, 1681, 3362, 6724, 13448

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26876 and 26896. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26876 and 26896 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26876 and 26896