What is the Greatest Common Factor of 24836 and 24840?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 24836 and 24840 is 4.

GCF(24836,24840) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 24836 and 24840, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 24836 and 24840.

How to find the GCF of 24836 and 24840?

We will first find the prime factorization of 24836 and 24840. After we will calculate the factors of 24836 and 24840 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 24836

Prime factors of 24836 are 2, 7, 887. Prime factorization of 24836 in exponential form is:

24836 = 2² × 7¹ × 887¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 24840

Prime factors of 24840 are 2, 3, 5, 23. Prime factorization of 24840 in exponential form is:

24840 = 2³ × 3³ × 5¹ × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 24836

List of positive integer factors of 24836 that divides 24836 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 887, 1774, 3548, 6209, 12418

Step-4: Factors of 24840

List of positive integer factors of 24840 that divides 24836 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 23, 24, 27, 30, 36, 40, 45, 46, 54, 60, 69, 72, 90, 92, 108, 115, 120, 135, 138, 180, 184, 207, 216, 230, 270, 276, 345, 360, 414, 460, 540, 552, 621, 690, 828, 920, 1035, 1080, 1242, 1380, 1656, 2070, 2484, 2760, 3105, 4140, 4968, 6210, 8280, 12420

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 24836 and 24840. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 24836 and 24840 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 24836 and 24840