What is the Greatest Common Factor of 24492 and 24496?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 24492 and 24496 is 4.

GCF(24492,24496) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 24492 and 24496, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 24492 and 24496.

How to find the GCF of 24492 and 24496?

We will first find the prime factorization of 24492 and 24496. After we will calculate the factors of 24492 and 24496 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 24492

Prime factors of 24492 are 2, 3, 13, 157. Prime factorization of 24492 in exponential form is:

24492 = 2² × 3¹ × 13¹ × 157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 24496

Prime factors of 24496 are 2, 1531. Prime factorization of 24496 in exponential form is:

24496 = 2⁴ × 1531¹

Step-3: Factors of 24492

List of positive integer factors of 24492 that divides 24492 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 26, 39, 52, 78, 156, 157, 314, 471, 628, 942, 1884, 2041, 4082, 6123, 8164, 12246

Step-4: Factors of 24496

List of positive integer factors of 24496 that divides 24492 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 1531, 3062, 6124, 12248

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 24492 and 24496. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 24492 and 24496 is 4.

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