What is the Greatest Common Factor of 24490 and 24498?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 24490 and 24498 is 2.

GCF(24490,24498) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 24490 and 24498, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 24490 and 24498.

How to find the GCF of 24490 and 24498?

We will first find the prime factorization of 24490 and 24498. After we will calculate the factors of 24490 and 24498 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 24490

Prime factors of 24490 are 2, 5, 31, 79. Prime factorization of 24490 in exponential form is:

24490 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 31¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 24498

Prime factors of 24498 are 2, 3, 1361. Prime factorization of 24498 in exponential form is:

24498 = 2¹ × 3² × 1361¹

Step-3: Factors of 24490

List of positive integer factors of 24490 that divides 24490 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 31, 62, 79, 155, 158, 310, 395, 790, 2449, 4898, 12245

Step-4: Factors of 24498

List of positive integer factors of 24498 that divides 24490 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 1361, 2722, 4083, 8166, 12249

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 24490 and 24498. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 24490 and 24498 is 2.

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