What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26918 and 26929?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26918 and 26929 is 1.

GCF(26918,26929) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26918 and 26929, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26918 and 26929.

How to find the GCF of 26918 and 26929?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26918 and 26929. After we will calculate the factors of 26918 and 26929 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 26929

Prime factors of 26929 are 7, 3847. Prime factorization of 26929 in exponential form is:

26929 = 7¹ × 3847¹

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 26929

List of positive integer factors of 26929 that divides 26918 without a remainder.

1, 7, 3847

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26918 and 26929. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26918 and 26929 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26918 and 26929