What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26979 and 26983?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26979 and 26983 is 1.

GCF(26979,26983) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26979 and 26983, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26979 and 26983.

How to find the GCF of 26979 and 26983?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26979 and 26983. After we will calculate the factors of 26979 and 26983 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26979

Prime factors of 26979 are 3, 17, 23. Prime factorization of 26979 in exponential form is:

26979 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 23²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26983

Prime factors of 26983 are 11, 223. Prime factorization of 26983 in exponential form is:

26983 = 11² × 223¹

Step-3: Factors of 26979

List of positive integer factors of 26979 that divides 26979 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 23, 51, 69, 391, 529, 1173, 1587, 8993

Step-4: Factors of 26983

List of positive integer factors of 26983 that divides 26979 without a remainder.

1, 11, 121, 223, 2453

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26979 and 26983. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26979 and 26983 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 26979 and 26983