What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26885 and 26905?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26885 and 26905 is 5.

GCF(26885,26905) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26885 and 26905, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26885 and 26905.

How to find the GCF of 26885 and 26905?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26885 and 26905. After we will calculate the factors of 26885 and 26905 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26885

Prime factors of 26885 are 5, 19, 283. Prime factorization of 26885 in exponential form is:

26885 = 5¹ × 19¹ × 283¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26905

Prime factors of 26905 are 5, 5381. Prime factorization of 26905 in exponential form is:

26905 = 5¹ × 5381¹

Step-3: Factors of 26885

List of positive integer factors of 26885 that divides 26885 without a remainder.

1, 5, 19, 95, 283, 1415, 5377

Step-4: Factors of 26905

List of positive integer factors of 26905 that divides 26885 without a remainder.

1, 5, 5381

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26885 and 26905. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26885 and 26905 is 5.

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