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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26976 and 26996?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26976 and 26996 is 4.

GCF(26976,26996) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26976 and 26996, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26976 and 26996.

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How to find the GCF of 26976 and 26996?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26976 and 26996. After we will calculate the factors of 26976 and 26996 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 26996

Prime factors of 26996 are 2, 17, 397. Prime factorization of 26996 in exponential form is:

26996 = 22 × 171 × 3971

Step-3: Factors of 26976

List of positive integer factors of 26976 that divides 26976 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

Step-4: Factors of 26996

List of positive integer factors of 26996 that divides 26976 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 397, 794, 1588, 6749, 13498

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26976 and 26996. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26976 and 26996 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26976 and 26996