What is the Greatest Common Factor of 24142 and 24148?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 24142 and 24148 is 2.

GCF(24142,24148) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 24142 and 24148, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 24142 and 24148.

How to find the GCF of 24142 and 24148?

We will first find the prime factorization of 24142 and 24148. After we will calculate the factors of 24142 and 24148 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 24142

Prime factors of 24142 are 2, 12071. Prime factorization of 24142 in exponential form is:

24142 = 2¹ × 12071¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 24148

Prime factors of 24148 are 2, 6037. Prime factorization of 24148 in exponential form is:

24148 = 2² × 6037¹

Step-3: Factors of 24142

List of positive integer factors of 24142 that divides 24142 without a remainder.

1, 2, 12071

Step-4: Factors of 24148

List of positive integer factors of 24148 that divides 24142 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 6037, 12074

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 24142 and 24148. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 24142 and 24148 is 2.

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