What is the Greatest Common Factor of 2482 and 2502?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 2482 and 2502 is 2.

GCF(2482,2502) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 2482 and 2502, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 2482 and 2502.

How to find the GCF of 2482 and 2502?

We will first find the prime factorization of 2482 and 2502. After we will calculate the factors of 2482 and 2502 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 2482

Prime factors of 2482 are 2, 17, 73. Prime factorization of 2482 in exponential form is:

2482 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 2502

Prime factors of 2502 are 2, 3, 139. Prime factorization of 2502 in exponential form is:

2502 = 2¹ × 3² × 139¹

Step-3: Factors of 2482

List of positive integer factors of 2482 that divides 2482 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 73, 146, 1241

Step-4: Factors of 2502

List of positive integer factors of 2502 that divides 2482 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 139, 278, 417, 834, 1251

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 2482 and 2502. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 2482 and 2502 is 2.

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