What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26960 and 26980?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26960 and 26980 is 20.

GCF(26960,26980) = 20

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26960 and 26980, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26960 and 26980.

How to find the GCF of 26960 and 26980?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26960 and 26980. After we will calculate the factors of 26960 and 26980 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 26980

Prime factors of 26980 are 2, 5, 19, 71. Prime factorization of 26980 in exponential form is:

26980 = 2² × 5¹ × 19¹ × 71¹

Step-3: Factors of 26960

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 26980

List of positive integer factors of 26980 that divides 26960 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 19, 20, 38, 71, 76, 95, 142, 190, 284, 355, 380, 710, 1349, 1420, 2698, 5396, 6745, 13490

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26960 and 26980. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26960 and 26980 is 20.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26960 and 26980