What is the Greatest Common Factor of 24924 and 24942?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 24924 and 24942 is 6.

GCF(24924,24942) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 24924 and 24942, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 24924 and 24942.

How to find the GCF of 24924 and 24942?

We will first find the prime factorization of 24924 and 24942. After we will calculate the factors of 24924 and 24942 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 24924

Prime factors of 24924 are 2, 3, 31, 67. Prime factorization of 24924 in exponential form is:

24924 = 2² × 3¹ × 31¹ × 67¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 24942

Prime factors of 24942 are 2, 3, 4157. Prime factorization of 24942 in exponential form is:

24942 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 4157¹

Step-3: Factors of 24924

List of positive integer factors of 24924 that divides 24924 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 31, 62, 67, 93, 124, 134, 186, 201, 268, 372, 402, 804, 2077, 4154, 6231, 8308, 12462

Step-4: Factors of 24942

List of positive integer factors of 24942 that divides 24924 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 4157, 8314, 12471

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 24924 and 24942. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 24924 and 24942 is 6.

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