What is the Greatest Common Factor of 24015 and 24021?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 24015 and 24021 is 3.

GCF(24015,24021) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 24015 and 24021, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 24015 and 24021.

How to find the GCF of 24015 and 24021?

We will first find the prime factorization of 24015 and 24021. After we will calculate the factors of 24015 and 24021 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 24015

Prime factors of 24015 are 3, 5, 1601. Prime factorization of 24015 in exponential form is:

24015 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 1601¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 24021

Prime factors of 24021 are 3, 17, 157. Prime factorization of 24021 in exponential form is:

24021 = 3² × 17¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 24015

List of positive integer factors of 24015 that divides 24015 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 1601, 4803, 8005

Step-4: Factors of 24021

List of positive integer factors of 24021 that divides 24015 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 17, 51, 153, 157, 471, 1413, 2669, 8007

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 24015 and 24021. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 24015 and 24021 is 3.

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