What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26975 and 26982?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26975 and 26982 is 1.

GCF(26975,26982) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26975 and 26982, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26975 and 26982.

How to find the GCF of 26975 and 26982?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26975 and 26982. After we will calculate the factors of 26975 and 26982 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26975

Prime factors of 26975 are 5, 13, 83. Prime factorization of 26975 in exponential form is:

26975 = 5² × 13¹ × 83¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26982

Prime factors of 26982 are 2, 3, 1499. Prime factorization of 26982 in exponential form is:

26982 = 2¹ × 3² × 1499¹

Step-3: Factors of 26975

List of positive integer factors of 26975 that divides 26975 without a remainder.

1, 5, 13, 25, 65, 83, 325, 415, 1079, 2075, 5395

Step-4: Factors of 26982

List of positive integer factors of 26982 that divides 26975 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 1499, 2998, 4497, 8994, 13491

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26975 and 26982. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26975 and 26982 is 1.

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