What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26942 and 26955?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26942 and 26955 is 1.

GCF(26942,26955) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26942 and 26955, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26942 and 26955.

How to find the GCF of 26942 and 26955?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26942 and 26955. After we will calculate the factors of 26942 and 26955 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 26955

Prime factors of 26955 are 3, 5, 599. Prime factorization of 26955 in exponential form is:

26955 = 3² × 5¹ × 599¹

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 26955

List of positive integer factors of 26955 that divides 26942 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 599, 1797, 2995, 5391, 8985

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26942 and 26955. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26942 and 26955 is 1.

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