What is the Greatest Common Factor of 24342 and 24346?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 24342 and 24346 is 2.

GCF(24342,24346) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 24342 and 24346, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 24342 and 24346.

How to find the GCF of 24342 and 24346?

We will first find the prime factorization of 24342 and 24346. After we will calculate the factors of 24342 and 24346 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 24342

Prime factors of 24342 are 2, 3, 4057. Prime factorization of 24342 in exponential form is:

24342 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 4057¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 24346

Prime factors of 24346 are 2, 7, 37, 47. Prime factorization of 24346 in exponential form is:

24346 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 37¹ × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 24342

List of positive integer factors of 24342 that divides 24342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 4057, 8114, 12171

Step-4: Factors of 24346

List of positive integer factors of 24346 that divides 24342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 37, 47, 74, 94, 259, 329, 518, 658, 1739, 3478, 12173

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 24342 and 24346. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 24342 and 24346 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 24342 and 24346