What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26942 and 26954?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26942 and 26954 is 2.

GCF(26942,26954) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26942 and 26954, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26942 and 26954.

How to find the GCF of 26942 and 26954?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26942 and 26954. After we will calculate the factors of 26942 and 26954 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26942

Prime factors of 26942 are 2, 19, 709. Prime factorization of 26942 in exponential form is:

26942 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 709¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26954

Prime factors of 26954 are 2, 13477. Prime factorization of 26954 in exponential form is:

26954 = 2¹ × 13477¹

Step-3: Factors of 26942

List of positive integer factors of 26942 that divides 26942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 709, 1418, 13471

Step-4: Factors of 26954

List of positive integer factors of 26954 that divides 26942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13477

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26942 and 26954. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26942 and 26954 is 2.

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