What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26957 and 26976?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26957 and 26976 is 1.

GCF(26957,26976) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26957 and 26976, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26957 and 26976.

How to find the GCF of 26957 and 26976?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26957 and 26976. After we will calculate the factors of 26957 and 26976 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26957

Prime factors of 26957 are 7, 3851. Prime factorization of 26957 in exponential form is:

26957 = 7¹ × 3851¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26976

Prime factors of 26976 are 2, 3, 281. Prime factorization of 26976 in exponential form is:

26976 = 2⁵ × 3¹ × 281¹

Step-3: Factors of 26957

List of positive integer factors of 26957 that divides 26957 without a remainder.

1, 7, 3851

Step-4: Factors of 26976

List of positive integer factors of 26976 that divides 26957 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 96, 281, 562, 843, 1124, 1686, 2248, 3372, 4496, 6744, 8992, 13488

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26957 and 26976. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26957 and 26976 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26957 and 26976