What is the Greatest Common Factor of 24871 and 24878?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 24871 and 24878 is 7.

GCF(24871,24878) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 24871 and 24878, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 24871 and 24878.

How to find the GCF of 24871 and 24878?

We will first find the prime factorization of 24871 and 24878. After we will calculate the factors of 24871 and 24878 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 24871

Prime factors of 24871 are 7, 11, 17, 19. Prime factorization of 24871 in exponential form is:

24871 = 7¹ × 11¹ × 17¹ × 19¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 24878

Prime factors of 24878 are 2, 7, 1777. Prime factorization of 24878 in exponential form is:

24878 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 1777¹

Step-3: Factors of 24871

List of positive integer factors of 24871 that divides 24871 without a remainder.

1, 7, 11, 17, 19, 77, 119, 133, 187, 209, 323, 1309, 1463, 2261, 3553

Step-4: Factors of 24878

List of positive integer factors of 24878 that divides 24871 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 1777, 3554, 12439

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 24871 and 24878. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 24871 and 24878 is 7.

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