What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26934 and 26940?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26934 and 26940 is 6.

GCF(26934,26940) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26934 and 26940, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26934 and 26940.

How to find the GCF of 26934 and 26940?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26934 and 26940. After we will calculate the factors of 26934 and 26940 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26934

Prime factors of 26934 are 2, 3, 67. Prime factorization of 26934 in exponential form is:

26934 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 67²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26940

Prime factors of 26940 are 2, 3, 5, 449. Prime factorization of 26940 in exponential form is:

26940 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 449¹

Step-3: Factors of 26934

List of positive integer factors of 26934 that divides 26934 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 67, 134, 201, 402, 4489, 8978, 13467

Step-4: Factors of 26940

List of positive integer factors of 26940 that divides 26934 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60, 449, 898, 1347, 1796, 2245, 2694, 4490, 5388, 6735, 8980, 13470

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26934 and 26940. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26934 and 26940 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26934 and 26940