What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26959 and 26976?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26959 and 26976 is 1.

GCF(26959,26976) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26959 and 26976, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26959 and 26976.

How to find the GCF of 26959 and 26976?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26959 and 26976. After we will calculate the factors of 26959 and 26976 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26959

Prime factors of 26959 are 26959. Prime factorization of 26959 in exponential form is:

26959 = 26959¹

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 26959

List of positive integer factors of 26959 that divides 26959 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 26976

List of positive integer factors of 26976 that divides 26959 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 26959 and 26976. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26959 and 26976 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26959 and 26976