What is the Greatest Common Factor of 24982 and 24986?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 24982 and 24986 is 2.

GCF(24982,24986) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 24982 and 24986, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 24982 and 24986.

How to find the GCF of 24982 and 24986?

We will first find the prime factorization of 24982 and 24986. After we will calculate the factors of 24982 and 24986 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 24982

Prime factors of 24982 are 2, 12491. Prime factorization of 24982 in exponential form is:

24982 = 2¹ × 12491¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 24986

Prime factors of 24986 are 2, 13, 31. Prime factorization of 24986 in exponential form is:

24986 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 31²

Step-3: Factors of 24982

List of positive integer factors of 24982 that divides 24982 without a remainder.

1, 2, 12491

Step-4: Factors of 24986

List of positive integer factors of 24986 that divides 24982 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 31, 62, 403, 806, 961, 1922, 12493

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 24982 and 24986. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 24982 and 24986 is 2.

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