Greatest Common Factor of 24 and 2410
GCF(24, 2410) = 2, Greatest common factor of 24 and 2410 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 2410. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 24 and 2410 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 24 and 2410.
Prime Factorization of 24 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 3 and Prime Factorization of 2410 is 1, 2, 5, 241.
- Factorize\( (24) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 3\)
- Factorize\( (2410) = \) \(1\times 2\times 5\times 241\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(24, 2410) = 1\times 2 = 2\).
Greatest Common Factor of 24 and 2410 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 2410 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 5, 10, 241, 482, 1205, 2410
As you can see, 2 is the greatest and common number that 24 and 2410 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 24 and 2410 is 2.
\(GCF(24, 2410) = 2\).
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