Greatest Common Factor of 24 and 1958
GCF(24, 1958) = 2, Greatest common factor of 24 and 1958 is 2. Greatest Common Factor or Greatest Common Divisor of two numbers is the largest integer by which both the numbers can be divided. There are two different methods to calculate Greatest Common Factor of 24 and 1958. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 24 and 1958 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 24 and 1958.
Prime Factorization of 24 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 3 and Prime Factorization of 1958 is 1, 2, 11, 89.
- Factorize\( (24) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 3\)
- Factorize\( (1958) = \) \(1\times 2\times 11\times 89\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(24, 1958) = 1\times 2 = 2\).
Greatest Common Factor of 24 and 1958 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 24 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24
List of positive integers factors of 1958 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 11, 22, 89, 178, 979, 1958
As you can see, 2 is the greatest and common number that 24 and 1958 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 24 and 1958 is 2.
\(GCF(24, 1958) = 2\).
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