What is the Greatest Common Factor of 24426 and 24444?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 24426 and 24444 is 18.

GCF(24426,24444) = 18

We will now calculate the prime factors of 24426 and 24444, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 24426 and 24444.

How to find the GCF of 24426 and 24444?

We will first find the prime factorization of 24426 and 24444. After we will calculate the factors of 24426 and 24444 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 24426

Prime factors of 24426 are 2, 3, 23, 59. Prime factorization of 24426 in exponential form is:

24426 = 2¹ × 3² × 23¹ × 59¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 24444

Prime factors of 24444 are 2, 3, 7, 97. Prime factorization of 24444 in exponential form is:

24444 = 2² × 3² × 7¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 24426

List of positive integer factors of 24426 that divides 24426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 23, 46, 59, 69, 118, 138, 177, 207, 354, 414, 531, 1062, 1357, 2714, 4071, 8142, 12213

Step-4: Factors of 24444

List of positive integer factors of 24444 that divides 24426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 18, 21, 28, 36, 42, 63, 84, 97, 126, 194, 252, 291, 388, 582, 679, 873, 1164, 1358, 1746, 2037, 2716, 3492, 4074, 6111, 8148, 12222

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 24426 and 24444. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 24426 and 24444 is 18.

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