What is the Greatest Common Factor of 24550 and 24558?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 24550 and 24558 is 2.

GCF(24550,24558) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 24550 and 24558, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 24550 and 24558.

How to find the GCF of 24550 and 24558?

We will first find the prime factorization of 24550 and 24558. After we will calculate the factors of 24550 and 24558 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 24558

Prime factors of 24558 are 2, 3, 4093. Prime factorization of 24558 in exponential form is:

24558 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 4093¹

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 24558

List of positive integer factors of 24558 that divides 24550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 4093, 8186, 12279

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 24550 and 24558. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 24550 and 24558 is 2.

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