What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26943 and 26960?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26943 and 26960 is 1.

GCF(26943,26960) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26943 and 26960, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26943 and 26960.

How to find the GCF of 26943 and 26960?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26943 and 26960. After we will calculate the factors of 26943 and 26960 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 26960

Prime factors of 26960 are 2, 5, 337. Prime factorization of 26960 in exponential form is:

26960 = 2⁴ × 5¹ × 337¹

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 26960

List of positive integer factors of 26960 that divides 26943 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80, 337, 674, 1348, 1685, 2696, 3370, 5392, 6740, 13480

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26943 and 26960. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26943 and 26960 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26943 and 26960