What is the Greatest Common Factor of 24872 and 24882?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 24872 and 24882 is 2.

GCF(24872,24882) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 24872 and 24882, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 24872 and 24882.

How to find the GCF of 24872 and 24882?

We will first find the prime factorization of 24872 and 24882. After we will calculate the factors of 24872 and 24882 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 24872

Prime factors of 24872 are 2, 3109. Prime factorization of 24872 in exponential form is:

24872 = 2³ × 3109¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 24882

Prime factors of 24882 are 2, 3, 11, 13, 29. Prime factorization of 24882 in exponential form is:

24882 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 13¹ × 29¹

Step-3: Factors of 24872

List of positive integer factors of 24872 that divides 24872 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 3109, 6218, 12436

Step-4: Factors of 24882

List of positive integer factors of 24882 that divides 24872 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 13, 22, 26, 29, 33, 39, 58, 66, 78, 87, 143, 174, 286, 319, 377, 429, 638, 754, 858, 957, 1131, 1914, 2262, 4147, 8294, 12441

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 24872 and 24882. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 24872 and 24882 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 24872 and 24882