What is the Greatest Common Factor of 24981 and 24987?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 24981 and 24987 is 3.

GCF(24981,24987) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 24981 and 24987, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 24981 and 24987.

How to find the GCF of 24981 and 24987?

We will first find the prime factorization of 24981 and 24987. After we will calculate the factors of 24981 and 24987 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 24987

Prime factors of 24987 are 3, 8329. Prime factorization of 24987 in exponential form is:

24987 = 3¹ × 8329¹

Step-3: Factors of 24981

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 24987

List of positive integer factors of 24987 that divides 24981 without a remainder.

1, 3, 8329

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 24981 and 24987. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 24981 and 24987 is 3.

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