What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26998 and 27008?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26998 and 27008 is 2.

GCF(26998,27008) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26998 and 27008, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26998 and 27008.

How to find the GCF of 26998 and 27008?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26998 and 27008. After we will calculate the factors of 26998 and 27008 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26998

Prime factors of 26998 are 2, 13499. Prime factorization of 26998 in exponential form is:

26998 = 2¹ × 13499¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27008

Prime factors of 27008 are 2, 211. Prime factorization of 27008 in exponential form is:

27008 = 2⁷ × 211¹

Step-3: Factors of 26998

List of positive integer factors of 26998 that divides 26998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13499

Step-4: Factors of 27008

List of positive integer factors of 27008 that divides 26998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 211, 422, 844, 1688, 3376, 6752, 13504

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26998 and 27008. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26998 and 27008 is 2.

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