What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26943 and 26948?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26943 and 26948 is 1.

GCF(26943,26948) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26943 and 26948, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26943 and 26948.

How to find the GCF of 26943 and 26948?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26943 and 26948. After we will calculate the factors of 26943 and 26948 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 26948

Prime factors of 26948 are 2, 6737. Prime factorization of 26948 in exponential form is:

26948 = 2² × 6737¹

Step-3: Factors of 26943

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 26948

List of positive integer factors of 26948 that divides 26943 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 6737, 13474

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26943 and 26948. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26943 and 26948 is 1.

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