What is the Greatest Common Factor of 24550 and 24554?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 24550 and 24554 is 2.

GCF(24550,24554) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 24550 and 24554, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 24550 and 24554.

How to find the GCF of 24550 and 24554?

We will first find the prime factorization of 24550 and 24554. After we will calculate the factors of 24550 and 24554 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 24554

Prime factors of 24554 are 2, 12277. Prime factorization of 24554 in exponential form is:

24554 = 2¹ × 12277¹

Step-3: Factors of 24550

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 24554

List of positive integer factors of 24554 that divides 24550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 12277

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 24550 and 24554. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 24550 and 24554 is 2.

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