What is the Greatest Common Factor of 24542 and 24550?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 24542 and 24550 is 2.

GCF(24542,24550) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 24542 and 24550, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 24542 and 24550.

How to find the GCF of 24542 and 24550?

We will first find the prime factorization of 24542 and 24550. After we will calculate the factors of 24542 and 24550 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 24542

Prime factors of 24542 are 2, 7, 1753. Prime factorization of 24542 in exponential form is:

24542 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 1753¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 24550

Prime factors of 24550 are 2, 5, 491. Prime factorization of 24550 in exponential form is:

24550 = 2¹ × 5² × 491¹

Step-3: Factors of 24542

List of positive integer factors of 24542 that divides 24542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 1753, 3506, 12271

Step-4: Factors of 24550

List of positive integer factors of 24550 that divides 24542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 491, 982, 2455, 4910, 12275

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 24542 and 24550. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 24542 and 24550 is 2.

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