What is the Greatest Common Factor of 24000 and 24020?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 24000 and 24020 is 20.

GCF(24000,24020) = 20

We will now calculate the prime factors of 24000 and 24020, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 24000 and 24020.

How to find the GCF of 24000 and 24020?

We will first find the prime factorization of 24000 and 24020. After we will calculate the factors of 24000 and 24020 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 24000

Prime factors of 24000 are 2, 3, 5. Prime factorization of 24000 in exponential form is:

24000 = 2⁶ × 3¹ × 5³

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 24020

Prime factors of 24020 are 2, 5, 1201. Prime factorization of 24020 in exponential form is:

24020 = 2² × 5¹ × 1201¹

Step-3: Factors of 24000

List of positive integer factors of 24000 that divides 24000 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 25, 30, 32, 40, 48, 50, 60, 64, 75, 80, 96, 100, 120, 125, 150, 160, 192, 200, 240, 250, 300, 320, 375, 400, 480, 500, 600, 750, 800, 960, 1000, 1200, 1500, 1600, 2000, 2400, 3000, 4000, 4800, 6000, 8000, 12000

Step-4: Factors of 24020

List of positive integer factors of 24020 that divides 24000 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 1201, 2402, 4804, 6005, 12010

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 24000 and 24020. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 24000 and 24020 is 20.

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