What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26918 and 26926?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26918 and 26926 is 2.

GCF(26918,26926) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26918 and 26926, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26918 and 26926.

How to find the GCF of 26918 and 26926?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26918 and 26926. After we will calculate the factors of 26918 and 26926 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26918

Prime factors of 26918 are 2, 43, 313. Prime factorization of 26918 in exponential form is:

26918 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 313¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26926

Prime factors of 26926 are 2, 13463. Prime factorization of 26926 in exponential form is:

26926 = 2¹ × 13463¹

Step-3: Factors of 26918

List of positive integer factors of 26918 that divides 26918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 313, 626, 13459

Step-4: Factors of 26926

List of positive integer factors of 26926 that divides 26918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13463

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26918 and 26926. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26918 and 26926 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26918 and 26926