What is the Greatest Common Factor of 24966 and 24981?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 24966 and 24981 is 3.

GCF(24966,24981) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 24966 and 24981, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 24966 and 24981.

How to find the GCF of 24966 and 24981?

We will first find the prime factorization of 24966 and 24981. After we will calculate the factors of 24966 and 24981 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 24966

Prime factors of 24966 are 2, 3, 19, 73. Prime factorization of 24966 in exponential form is:

24966 = 2¹ × 3² × 19¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 24981

Prime factors of 24981 are 3, 11, 757. Prime factorization of 24981 in exponential form is:

24981 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 757¹

Step-3: Factors of 24966

List of positive integer factors of 24966 that divides 24966 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 19, 38, 57, 73, 114, 146, 171, 219, 342, 438, 657, 1314, 1387, 2774, 4161, 8322, 12483

Step-4: Factors of 24981

List of positive integer factors of 24981 that divides 24966 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 757, 2271, 8327

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 24966 and 24981. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 24966 and 24981 is 3.

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