What is the Greatest Common Factor of 24976 and 24988?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 24976 and 24988 is 4.

GCF(24976,24988) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 24976 and 24988, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 24976 and 24988.

How to find the GCF of 24976 and 24988?

We will first find the prime factorization of 24976 and 24988. After we will calculate the factors of 24976 and 24988 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 24976

Prime factors of 24976 are 2, 7, 223. Prime factorization of 24976 in exponential form is:

24976 = 2⁴ × 7¹ × 223¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 24988

Prime factors of 24988 are 2, 6247. Prime factorization of 24988 in exponential form is:

24988 = 2² × 6247¹

Step-3: Factors of 24976

List of positive integer factors of 24976 that divides 24976 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 56, 112, 223, 446, 892, 1561, 1784, 3122, 3568, 6244, 12488

Step-4: Factors of 24988

List of positive integer factors of 24988 that divides 24976 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 6247, 12494

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 24976 and 24988. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 24976 and 24988 is 4.

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