What is the Greatest Common Factor of 24242 and 24246?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 24242 and 24246 is 2.

GCF(24242,24246) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 24242 and 24246, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 24242 and 24246.

How to find the GCF of 24242 and 24246?

We will first find the prime factorization of 24242 and 24246. After we will calculate the factors of 24242 and 24246 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 24242

Prime factors of 24242 are 2, 17, 23, 31. Prime factorization of 24242 in exponential form is:

24242 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 23¹ × 31¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 24246

Prime factors of 24246 are 2, 3, 449. Prime factorization of 24246 in exponential form is:

24246 = 2¹ × 3³ × 449¹

Step-3: Factors of 24242

List of positive integer factors of 24242 that divides 24242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 23, 31, 34, 46, 62, 391, 527, 713, 782, 1054, 1426, 12121

Step-4: Factors of 24246

List of positive integer factors of 24246 that divides 24242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 449, 898, 1347, 2694, 4041, 8082, 12123

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 24242 and 24246. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 24242 and 24246 is 2.

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