What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26925 and 26943?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26925 and 26943 is 3.

GCF(26925,26943) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26925 and 26943, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26925 and 26943.

How to find the GCF of 26925 and 26943?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26925 and 26943. After we will calculate the factors of 26925 and 26943 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26925

Prime factors of 26925 are 3, 5, 359. Prime factorization of 26925 in exponential form is:

26925 = 3¹ × 5² × 359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26943

Prime factors of 26943 are 3, 7, 1283. Prime factorization of 26943 in exponential form is:

26943 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 1283¹

Step-3: Factors of 26925

List of positive integer factors of 26925 that divides 26925 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 25, 75, 359, 1077, 1795, 5385, 8975

Step-4: Factors of 26943

List of positive integer factors of 26943 that divides 26925 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 1283, 3849, 8981

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26925 and 26943. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26925 and 26943 is 3.

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